 | | WS3D RCX Challenge #5 Results
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Yesterday was the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #5. The Lego robotics competition took place in the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Events were line following (two divisions), sumo, and puck gathering. The code-only line tracking event will be held (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Transmission alternatives to IrDa ?
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Hi, assume you want your PC to act as the brain of the robot. The PC should send from time to time comands to the robot during it works. The robot might be far away, so that IrDa transmission would not be possible anymore. Are there alternatives to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Strip Command
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(...) appears (...) Rick, Windows 98 is not correctly checked in the Makefiles. I have fixed this is the current CVS version. For now I would simply add CYGWIN_98-4.10 to all Makefiles which do this check. I believe that is only $ (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Starting Over
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(...) The BrickOS for cygwin instructions ((URL) describe downloading the source code for gcc & binutils and building the Hitachi cross-compiler and associated tools in step 2. If you use the pre-built hitachi tools that Joseph Wooley posted about a (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Starting Over
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Hello, According to John Hansens' instructions, I am assuming you do not need to download the bin-utils as called out in the original sourceforge instructions. Is this correct? Thanks again for the help. Here goes. Rick Bonari (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Strip Command
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(...) In Makefile.common in the util subdirectory this code ifneq (,$(findstring $(OSTYPE),cygwin32 cygwin CYGWIN_NT-4.0 CYGWIN_NT-5.0 CYGWIN_NT-5.1 WindowsNT Windows_NT)) EXT=.exe CC =gcc CFLAGS+=-D_WIN32 endif pretty much guarantees that your (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Strip Command
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Hello, When I do a uname command, I get CYGWIN_98-4.10. It definitely appears that makefile.common has some problems with paths, etc. When I type the command: strip fontdesign.exe dll.exe makelx.exe fixdeps.exe genlds.exe firmdl3.exe as I mentioned (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | monitor and control external voltage
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Could you build a voltage controlled switch out of the RCX? Do this: Monitor a voltage, when the monitored voltage does something, switch a motor output. 1) What would you have to do to monitor a voltage (safely)? Connect an input sensor to your (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX and GPS systems
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(...) It might be possible to run an IR transmitter directly off it, IIRC John Barnes posted a circuit diagram for that a while ago (he might also sell these things). Then you only need the software, where you need to send/receive single characters, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | BrickOS issues
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First off, I'd like to say that I had ZERO problems installing, building, and testing BrickOS on my PC. That's even with the BrickOS name change release and the pre-built Hitachi tools. You guys do good work! There are a few issues I have come (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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