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Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:10:45 GMT
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hi
so IMHO don't expect more outputs
because of the power
3 motors + 3 sensors + mainboard have to be powered by bateries

some time ago i proposed to make connectors smaller
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=631766
first good think is the size of these connectors of course
second is that they can be passed through the holes

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  Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
 
(...) I have a proposal that would theoretically allow an RCX to use 49 motors and 147 active sensors (or 588 switches!). This has the potential to control an entire Ball Contraption or railway! The idea may be expandable to four times those (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
 
Having had a good look inside my RCX, I'm thinking seriously about what is really possible in the same space envelope, whether extra ports or functions could be added for RCX3. I think it's useful for us to know what's inside the RCX, especially if (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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