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Re: Using the RCX for animating LEGO Train displays?
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Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:03:48 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, David Harris wrote:
> Please pardon the interruption, as this is probably a bit off-topic, and is
> more a distraction than a contribution at this point. ;-)
What can you do with an RCX? That doesn't sound very off-topic. :)
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> I've found a few interesting threads, and some articles with hints about
> projects (using an RCX as a DCC controller, controlling motorized switch tracks,
> and a lighted/motorized crossing gate), but there *MUST* be many more that I'm
> missing among the many other 'robotics' links. Again, if you know of other
> projects, maybe you can find them better using people's or event names, and I'd
> love to get pointers to appropriate LUGNET article or web pages. :-)
One name to start with: Brian Alano. He's a member of IndyLUG, and he's done
some amusement park rides, and things like that.
> Finally, there are some of the 'intangibles', the things that make a LUGNET
> search spew many answers or none at all...things like a comparison between the
> various programming languages (NQC and others), comparisons about which code to
> use on the brick itself,
Most of these things you can ask about right here. A lot depends on your skill
level, and what you intend to do.
> tips about how to have a program detect if the external
> power is connected and working,
Different versions of firmware actually allow you to check the voltage from
within the program. I had a robot that would act up if it wasn't plugged in,
and I kept forgetting to plug it in. I changed the software, so it would stop
if the voltage was below something like 9.8v, so now it won't even start, unless
it's plugged in (which is good).
If you have other questions, this is a good place to post them.
Steve
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| NGLTC (and other train club) members have been getting creative with their mindstorms. 1) Rail Racers! 2) Lewis Valentine has made a working train drawbridge on the NGLTC layout. It's taken him a lot of tinkering, but it works very well! 3) Street (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Using the RCX for animating LEGO Train displays?
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| Please pardon the interruption, as this is probably a bit off-topic, and is more a distraction than a contribution at this point. ;-) I've been looking in the various LUGNET forums, hoping to find a link to a good page of clues for using the RCX in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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