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(...) 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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| | Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
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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 (URL) good think is the size of these connectors of course second is that (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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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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| | Re: RCX IR Tx Circuit - and Now Rx Circuit Too!
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(...) For the time being, all the RCX ones are in the same Brickshelf folder, though obviously this is unavailable for a while whenever I add one. Code Pilot, RC Tower and other units are in other folders. Russell Nelson has added links on his (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Re: RCX IR Tx Circuit
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(...) Thanks for all your work on this Mark! It is very interesting, even for someone like me with only basic knowledge of electronics. Are you planning to put it all together on a web page some day? ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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Here's my drawing of the RCX IR transmission circuit (receiver circuit to follow soon): (URL) With the voltages as shown, the RCX is not transmitting. The IR LEDs are powered by a 600mA current sink. I haven't measured for waveforms yet - the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | BricxCC test release
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Folks, I've been fiddling around with how BricxCC and NQC talk to the RCX when using the USB tower. It's because of several users experiencing problems when trying to download programs from within BricxCC (using NQC behind the scenes). Depending on (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RCX Sensor Port and Power Supply Circuits
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Here are my drawings of the RCX sensor port and power supply circuits, complete with measured voltages from inside the box. These are averages measured with a DMM, not an indication of peak waveforms. I might use an oscilloscope later if there's a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Re: sub-vi begin vs end control
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(...) Hi, This is a *minor* bug in RoboLab. The sub-vi diagram will have begin and end terminal labels swapped, but the program will function properly. Use the text tool to rename the terminal labels. Thought it should have been rectified in ver (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: sub-vi begin vs end control
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(...) In a LabVIEW program (vi) there is a front panel and a block diagram. The front panel is the user interface and contains both controls and indicators. When you place a control/indicator on the front panel a corresponding terminal is created on (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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