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I am trying to get nqc 3.1 r1 working on my Slackware 9.1 box using Linux kernel 2.6.11.2. When I plug the IR Tower into my USB port, it's recognized. This is what I get from dmesg: hub 2-0:1.0: state 5 ports 3 chg 0000 evt 0002 ohci_hcd (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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(...) This is just the datalog display. It indicates, in 25% increments, how full the datalog is. This indicator is totally harmless, and can be ignored. If you want to get rid of it just download and run the following program: task main() { (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: power levels clarification
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(...) I couldn't call myself an expert either! In your second way of looking at it, the full voltage and full current are already multiplied to give full power for part of the time. I=(Vcc-Eb)/R Current I, Voltage Vcc, Back EMF Eb and motor (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi Mark, (...) is it really true that there is a square law for PWM? Can you explain the reason why this is so? I understand that this is true if you change the voltage (half the voltage gives half the current so a quarter of the power). But I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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On Mon, March 14, 2005 5:22 am, Ian Reid said: (...) I believe that means there is some data in the datalog Steve (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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(...) That sounds like the datalog indicator - while RIS doesn't take advantage of it (to my knowledge), the RCX can function as a datalogger - the quarter of the datalog that is being loaded flashes, while the quarters of the datalog that are (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What is that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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I am not sure here - but could that mean that the batteries are seriously low? It would seem likely if they have been sat for a while, as even when powered down there is some residual current usage, and leakage in the RCX. Remember that when (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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G'day, I have been using my RCX 2.0 brick recently after it has been laying idle for a period. I have noticed that there is an extra icon in the display window which is not discussed in the Lego Robotics Invention System 2.0 Constructopedia. I was (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: power levels clarification
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(...) Others have explained Pulse Width Modulation. However, if the kids are old enough to understand the difference between linear (straight line) and square law (curving ever upwards) and electrical voltage, resistance and power, you could say (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | RE: power levels clarification
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This is really good info... Thank you very much... ---...--- -------- Best Regards, Elizabeth Mabrey Partner of Director LEGO MINDSTORMS 3322 Rt. 22 West, Bldg 4, Ste 402 Robotics Community Branchburg, NJ 08876 Ph: (908) 595-1010 ; M-F: 10-5; Sat: (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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