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"Theo van Eijndhoven" <theo@sympro.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:G7o2AM.AFL@lugnet.com... (...) Yippie! That did it! I set RTS to false and now it works! Thank you! -Oli -- "If it ain't broken don't fix it!!" (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Thank you for your answer Andy. (...) In fact I built my robot (let's call him R2D1 ) for navigation, pathfinding and auto mapping purpose. I restrict his evolution to the (flat) floor of my house. I don't know yet if I'll be able to reach all of my (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) (URL) a great site for all that stuff. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I haven't been reading any of the LUGNET robotics groups until a month or so ago when I bought my first Mindstorms 1.5 kit and entered into this branch of LEGO. (so sorry if this has been posted before and I haven't seen it in any FAQ's) My question (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Grath" <jgreene750@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G7s5LD.Bzq@lugnet.com... (...) thermal (...) 12K at room temperature. I've never found one like this, so you use a 10K at room temp thermistor with a 2K in series. There is a lot on this (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) them. (...) diameter. (...) wheel (...) This is all well and good, but the all consuming problem with location tracking is slippage. What happens if one wheel slips? What about if it hits an obstacle at an angle? If you find some way around (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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yo whatup, does anybody happen to know what the ohmage on a mindstorms thermal sensor is? im assuming its just a thermal resistor. if any1 can lemme know itll save me the trouble of figuring it out myself with a meter and potentiometer. thanx Grath (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Andi Scharfstein" <calvin8@t-online.de> wrote in message news:3A7144B8.702040...line.de... (...) The highest level way to get to the display is by using Mindscript. This is a language for the RCX you an get from LEGO. You download it from the main (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, I suppose it must have been done before, because it is so obvious, but I can't seem to be able to find information about it on the web. Can anybody tell me how to access the RCX display directly, that is, for example, display numbers or such? A (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, everybody <DISCLAIMER> Excuse me first for my newbieness here on Lugnet. and also for my frenchieness, but it's not my fault ! </DISCLAIMER> I have a question I'd like to submit: Because of extreme needs of power/ acceleration (it was about (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, yeah... me I just went through such trouble using Java. The RTS should be 'false'. Then by experimenting I found switching the DTR before and after sending to have some positive effect. I trust you adhere to + starting a session with 'Alive' (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Jeffrey! On 22 Jan 2001, Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in <01C08491.E5EEA300@northmill1>: (...) Last dummy book I had in my hands (at the Frankfurt Book Trade Fair) was: "Sex for Dummies". I couldn't help but ask--I was at the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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If pulling the spring back out does not do the job, try inserting a small piece of soft foam behind the spring contact. -- Bob Fay California, USA rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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My RCX's battery compartment's contacts have lost their springiness, such that if the RCX is jarred it loses power, and the cells will fall out if the RCX is held with the battery compartment down. I suspect a combination of causes: * Leaving the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Well, in France they are available as 'xyz pour les nuls', and judging from their number they seem to be quite popular. Jürgen (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The english word dummy is derived from the word dumb which has evolved to mean stupid but originally (and still) means silent or does not speak as in a deaf person that does not speak. The use of the word to mean stupid developed due to the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Rainer Balzerowski <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:G7LDC3.8qD@lugnet.com... (...) Dumb is a little less harsh than stupid, but your translation is pretty good. (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) No ! You can get such books in Germany too. I'm not sure of the meaning of "dummies" in american english (more than this puppets used for crash simulations ?) In geman "dumm" means "stupid". -> dummies = stupid persons The same in american (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Thanks for the info. I'm just getting into Mindstorms, and was thinking about buying it. I think not with the review you gave. Mike Broam (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Ralf, If you don't need great precision, an easier aproach might be my Infra-red Relative Distance Indicator. See the link below. (...) -- Pete Sevcik sevcik@flash.net Techno-stuff Robotics (URL) for FUN ! (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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