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Dear two, I like your program very much. I have three suggestions: 1. Give a progress indication when downloading or uploading, if possible. 2. Identify unsaved changes by an asterisk behind the filename in the titlebar. 3. Allow to copy from the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) In a search at trains.com, i have found this message board: (URL) is a message board for model railroading, and may be very helpful to you. Josh (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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Whoa. Not entirely correct. You can do accurate positioning with pneumatics, it's just harder to do than with hydraulics, because you have to take air compressiblity and seal "stiction" into account if you want to hit an arbitrary position that's (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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hi Nitin, I'm an energy freak to, but I can't follow your reasoning Because I'm building a multiplexer too (probably will be posted next week, so I can make still some changes) and I'm using even lower resistor values then Michael (due to a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Are you doing the if() in some kind of loop, or an event function? If the button isn't pressed at the exact time you happen to execute the statement, it won't work. It's difficult to help debug your code without seeing your code 8?) ROSCO (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I don't have any .dat or .wav files, but te create steam engine sounds, use white noise and pulse it. This is an old trick for that. Sonnich Zhengrong Zang <mikezang@iname.com> wrote in message news:3AB96E4A.45E7A5...ame.com... (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wouldn't say that at all. Its just that you'd need a good supply of compressed air (there's plenty of compressor designs about) and a good feedback mechanism. This is by no means impossible - just a bit tricky. ROSCO trimmed lugnet.general (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Ok. So you can't do it with pneumatics. Looking around for alternative ways of making a power steering mechanism, I found this link (URL) which gives an RCX based motor driven mechanism that might be of interest to others. Al Telanco (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) havent followed the whole conversation here, but if ur doing an "if "test and it doesnt hit when it should, you might consider displaying the TOUCH_2 variable on the display just before the "if" test, it might not be what you think it is! (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Well, it still doesn't work even with the if(TOUCH_2){} instead of if(TOUCH_2 == 1){} . Any ideas? Nick H. (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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"Nitin Patil" <gn1721@lycos.com> wrote in message news:GALoKA.Eto@lugnet.com... (...) mA (...) If you use my simple approach, you need 4.7k and around 0.1uF. You need a low enough resistance to guarantee that the voltage drops to CMOS logic level 0 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) You're right Mario. Like everyone else, I'm busy at my real job, but when I get time here and there I'm making improvements to the kernel. One idea was to provide multi-tasking built-in and having a standard button driver will help with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Michael Gasperi writes: Ok I agree what you say about time constant of your RC But still by using such low resistance you are wasting power. almost 1.5 mA is flowing through this 4.7K. you can keep RC constant and increase R (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) it? (...) From what I understood (I might be wrong) while the pbforth kernel is running the buttons have no predefined action, so there's no way to make the RCX sleep without using the terminal console. Of course you can do that in your own (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I need the the dat of sound of train warning or alert for my RCX controlled train projects, does anyone help me? Zhengrong (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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I have created a new site as a reference for educators using RoboLab in the classroom. I would love to have some of you visit the site and provide feedback. At present we have only a few examples, but we are working on adding many more. The most (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.loc.us.in) !
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"Nitin Patil" <gn1721@lycos.com> wrote in message news:GAKC9v.F5A@lugnet.com... (...) With the 0.1uF in parallel with the 4.7K, the voltage on the clock circuit is still above the measurement voltage during the normal read interval. It doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Regarding the power used I think you are correct since it is or the order of few microamp. but even then your design can not ( rather Do not ) switch power. Also what I did not like in your desigh is 4.7K resistor. which changes reading in (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Rainer Balzerowski writes: hi Rainer (...) This is not true since you need to maximum of 60ms after that time out occurs in microconterolor and it chanes the sensor. yes that is true that it is slow for your application. I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) I'll bet you can't even measure the power used in the two CMOS parts. Why don't you publish your design so we can pick on it? Michael Gasperi (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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