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This LEGO IR remote control (#9738) is making me crazy!!!! Dave and Kekoa have posted in depth explanations of the remote's coding, but I must be awfully dense and am missing something somewhere. I've tried two approaches: First, I used both a (...) (27 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Decoding the LEGO IR remote control
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(...) The Lego IR protocol is pretty simple. If you have demodulated output, why not dump some samples here so we can see if they make sense? The encoding is straight serial, but inverted - a pulse of light indicates a zero or a low voltage on a (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Decoding the LEGO IR remote control
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Hi All - - A couple of weeks ago I received my LEGO MindStorms #9738 remote control. It's really cool to be able to select, start, and stop programs ... override the motor controls ... send messages, etc. If fact, it's SO COOL that I want to be able (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Performance problem with Java API
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Hi! I am currently working on a Java API for the RCX to implement the features of the PBrick (SPIRIT.OCX) interface in Java. So far, using the Java Comm API 2.0 and Kekoa Proudfoot's description, it does everything right except for one thing: (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Decoding the LEGO IR remote control
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(...) Ah, so the infamous d2 opcode is finally fully explained. What the d2 opcode did was discovered a while back when the firmware was disassembled, but people could only guess as to why Lego put such an opcode into the RCX. It was never connected (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Dennis, Dave Baum just posted the remote control codes ... they are below: - Nick - Dave Baum wrote: [snip] (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Hello Kekoa - - I apologize for not being able to make myself clear. I want to use the LEGO #9738 to control robots that use something other that the RCX for a controller. I envision a Sharp GP1U581Y IR receiver driving a PIC. The PIC will (...) (27 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Do you want to connect the PIC to the IR tower to receive signals from the Lego remote control, or do you want to build your own IR receiver, and attach the PIC to that? The encoding of the IR is pretty simple. The IR tower contains a circuit (...) (27 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) [snip] (...) What makes this especially intrigueing is that the remote control box does not send messages with the same preamble as the RCX does. The RCX with take an RCX message and treat it as a message. The stuff from the remote is treated (...) (27 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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In light of the underwhelming lack of response to my LEGO IR post, maybe I need to clarify a little: The RCX tower and the LEGO remote control (#9738) both transmit a 38kHz carrier which is modulated at a 2400bps rate. The encoding is 8 data bits, (...) (27 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hello All - - I'm interested in using a LEGO IR remote control to control other things besides the RCX. Has anyone here done any PIC development along these lines? I would like to use a PIC to decode the output of a Sharp GP1U581Y and convert the 16 (...) (27 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Version 1.5
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I have seen a Mindstorm box here in the USA for version 1.5 apart from 10 less pieces and a recomendation for a 166Mz PC what is the diffference. I here there are lot of bug fixes is this in the PC software or the RCX brick. I have seen coments of a (...) (27 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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On the subject of making connector blocks, I have been very successful with taking the conductor strips you get as a S@H service pack, hacking two squares out, slotting one edge of each of the 2x2s, soldering wires to that side, slotting the inside (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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Thanks, Jonathan && Others... I'll look at the patent. With all the 'clones' out there, is it likely that Lego would complain if someone made compatible-but-not- identical connectors?? How do they handle the Clone Market?? Couple of questions, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX as a universal remote?
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Here's a thought: You're in the bedroom with your trusty RCX on the floor. You're watching TV, but the tuner is in another room. You point your remote at your RCX, change channels, and the RCX scurries out of the room, off to repeat the IR command (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Currnet Rating?: And info on Internals??
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Kekoa, Many Thanks for your tireless digging. I have seen a lot of very interesting stuff you have unearthed. I think that more is often learned about Engineering by 'Reverse Engineering' than 'forward'! Years ago I used to get tons of old IBM (...) (27 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Currnet Rating?: And info on Internals??
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(...) It is commonly believed that the RCX contains a full rectifier, so if you supplied AC, that would work, but more importantly, if you supplied either polarity of DC, that would work also. The conversion to AC also requires a sufficiently large (...) (27 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Currnet Rating?: And info on Internals??
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I'm still not clear on exactly what the RCX enternal-power input will accept. Can anyone tell us what the internals really are?? If I view the RCX power connector closely, I read: 9-12V~ (nine dash one two Vee tilde) I would interpret that to mean: (...) (27 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Help with connecting pyroelectric sensor
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(...) I read the sheet as saying the MINIMUM load is 125K, and the block diagram indicates a buffered output. It would be a good idea to buffer the output, but may not be strictly necessary. The bit about the reference being 20uA capable is correct, (...) (27 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Help with connecting pyroelectric sensor
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Here's the link to the pyro sensor (URL) The schematic indicates that the reference moves relative to the output... I think the reference and output terminals are mislabelled. Given that they are mislabelled... The reference output has a 20uA max (...) (27 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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