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(...) No idea. I think these values are used for accounting, to ensure that all devices together don't exceed available power. But I don't know how well this is implemented. (...) Linux makes them available in readable form in /proc/bus/usb/devices (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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We had an informal Robo-Sumo thing at my work place tonight and I'm wondering if I killed my RCX. My 'bot had two gearmotors on A and two more on C to drive the wheels. Could they have drawn enough current when the 'bot was stalled to harm the RCX ? (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hello, I was too sure that I could manage to program this small and simple robot in Mindstorm 2.0, but have to stop it beacuse it got too complicated. Now I'm reading "Learn yourself C in 21 days" and the "NQC guide" and "NQC Tutorial", hope I can (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Fascinating stuff, thanks again. In particular, I didn't know Anyone had persuaded Windows to respond intelligently to Usb Configuration's of variable power. Anybody know if these descriptors already appear on the web somewhere? Else please (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Does anyone knows a way to use IC4 with an USB tower ? TIA Philo www.philohome.com (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Don’t forget Nostarch Press! They have 2 great books that are definitely worth looking at including Jin Sato's LEGO® MINDSTORMS The Master's Technique. I had the privilege of building his robotic dog last night and really had a lot of fun with it. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Version 3.3.7.2 of BricxCC is now available. It fixes a bug in the Brick Piano (introduced in the previous version) which made it impossible to save the music to a file or to the clipboard. Music saved from the Brick Piano can now be in NQC, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Its USB descriptors say there are two configurations with 100mA (I think these are for low and medium power), and two that require 500mA (high power mode). The LEGO USB Tower Interface Reference doesn't go into more details. Jürgen (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Kindly offline I am informed: yes indeed, some laptop designs have been seen to support less than half of the specified 500mA max load for USB bus power. I wonder how many mA the USB IR tower does need. Pat LaVarre (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Hi Pat, Syngress has two books out dedicated to RCX models. (URL) One of the Robots in the Ultimate Builder's book is mine. It is a two legged walker. The newsgroup (URL) is dedicated to building instructions. From there you can get to the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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