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Lego has just revealed the two new expansion sets at (URL) Exploration Mars : over 150 LEGO pieces No camera, but challenges available if you own one - Ultimate Accessory Set: 45 LEGO ® PIECES, INCLUDING: 1 REMOTE CONTROL 1 TOUCH SENSOR 1 ROTATION (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: (Slightly Offtopic:) WinAmp remote control via IR Tower
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Well! A kind soul pointed me to: (URL) has a neat Winamp plugin that allows the program to be controlled by the serial port. Now I just need to convince the IR tower to play nice with others. The plugin tries to open Com 2 (where my tower's plugged (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | (Slightly Offtopic:) WinAmp remote control via IR Tower
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Okay. No rotten tomatoes, but this post is slightly outside the scope of this newsgroup. However, I really think that the interest in a question like this is going to be high, so here goes. Browsing WinAmp's plugin page, I found a snazzy little (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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<snipped discussion of the math of selling servo controller boards> (...) I'm not too worried about them stealing the idea. I can't imagine that none of their designers have thought about driving servos with the RCX. The circuit itself is so simple (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes: <snip> (...) What they will do and what they can do are two separate questions. Basically they can do nothing about the sales. They can complain about not respecting their trademark, or of copying of their (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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(...) Oops, forgot to answer the main question. Yes, I have thought about making boards...and as soon as I get out from under my current workload I'm going to give it even more thought.... It is just not worth my time and money to make any less than (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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(...) I hear you, John. Learning a new language can be a bit tricky, and I won't go into the details of why I think it's a good idea to learn different languages to get the benefit of different ways of thinking about problems...oops, don't get me (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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Ralph - I'm interested in the use of servos with the RCX, but I have no interest in learning the quirks of another computer language. I'm already a bit familiar with Visual Basic,and control the RCX with it. Can your pbForth solution be duplicated (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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(...) I should add here that no external power source is necessary to drive the servo. This is important since a micro or miniservo and an SMT version of the driver can be made to fit INSIDE a space similar to a worm gear box (6588 in LDraw). I'm (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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(...) No, the servo needs power to the + and ground terminals to drive the motor to the setpoint indicated by the signal wire. If I don't invert the signal there is no power for about 30msec and only 1 or 2 msec ov voltage on the motor port. By (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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(...) If you're using a custom motor driver in pbForth, why use the inverter circuit at all? Why not just generate the desired waveform directly? Is there not enough current to drive the servo that way? --Ben (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Drive R/C Servos with the RCX and pbForth (long)
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Hi again everyone! A few days ago I announced that I had developed a nice little circuit using easily available parts that would let you connect servos to the RCX - with no external batteries or microprocessors or anything! At that time, I said that (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How much memory finally?
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Here's the latest update. Hope we will get a clear picture of this #@$@ memory after all. The point is that the RCX processor can address 64k of memory, so let's divide this range into 4 equal area of 16k. (note:16k or 16384, in hex is 0x4000). (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How much memory finally? ADDENDUM
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I have seen some systems that have RAM set up this way: The first area is for the system, the second area is user programs and is allocated from the bottom up. The third area is user (and system) data, allocated from the top down. They "meet in the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How much memory finally? ADDENDUM
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Hey, that's a pretty nice idea! Any volunteer? D. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How much memory finally? ADDENDUM
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I haven't seen anyone talk about hacking a memory expansion (hardware) yet. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to reply) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: infrared communication
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(...) I dont know what the max distance for two RCXs is. But i have had the infared transmitter as far as 40 feet from the RCX, with no obstructions in the way and they still communicate. I would bet they have a pretty good range. Jeff (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: How much memory finally? ADDENDUM
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(...) There is no user memory from 0x4000 to 0x8000 - It's all ROM space but it might not be used. I look at things in terms of replacement firmware, and the RCX is very flexible in this regard. The RAM for replacement firmware starts at 0x8000. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | infrared communication
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What is the maximum distance for infrared communication between two RCXs (say with new batteries)? Do the RCXs have to 'face' each other? Thanks, Michael (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How much memory finally? ADDENDUM
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Well, I checked with Kekoa's memory map, and indeed, thinks are not as simple. And Dave was right (Why did I doubt is sacred words?) Memory is divided into three main area of 16k. The first is ROM, containing the base programs. The two other (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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