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(...) Good reasearch..... Using the mindstorm motors, who's torque is a good match for the small pump, the small pump gets to a static pressure faster than a large pump using hte same kind of motor. The small pump does not keep up with the total (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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Hi , According to the (URL) a mini-compressor (using a single small pump) is actually more efficient than using double pump. It said more efficient, but not generate higher output though, correct??? (URL) produces a more persuasive test. However, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Interesting project. Will your car have a pneumatic engine? Pneumatic steering? The large pump can run the engine with no externally controlled switches. Steering on the other hand would require control of two switches. Both pistons expanded (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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Hi, That's odd. I upgraded mine from 1.0 straight to 2.0, and I only paid for the shipping. I did not order online, but on the phone. As far as choosing between Robolab and the RIS software, it depends upon the age and motivation of the child. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have a Robotics Invention System 1.5 (circa 2000) that I haven't used for a couple of years now. My 12 year old daughter is interested in playing with it. Anyway, I'm trying to get newer software for her to use. I had thought there was a way to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Kevin, Thank you very much for the info. I'll purchase the book and visits those sites for info. I am trying to build a pnematic car capable of turning by reacting to light and touch. My current problem is to automate the valve switch by (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hi Liz, One of the books I co-authored in has a Mindstorms based adding machine that performs arithmetic using pneumatics. Since the printing of that book, pneumatics design has advanced quite a ways. I build a lot pneuatic things, and would (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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Suggestion on a good book which focus on more penumatic construction with LEGO? -- thanks, Elizabeth Mabrey (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi, I tried to install brickOS-0.2.6.10.6 in SuSE 9.0 machine and faced the same problem. You can install an older version of brickOS (like brickOS-0.2.6.10) and it works fine with SuSE 9.0. Mohammed (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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June 1, 2004 As someone of you maybe knows, we are developing a IR-RF gateway for Lego Mindstorms... A first version of the wireless gateway source code for the PIC16F876 is available for download on the wireless page. The gateway is not yet working (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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