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| it seems make dosn't install by default with the cgywin setup file. i reinstalled cgywin with "make" and other needed modules: ash autoconf automake bash binutils cpio cygwin diff file fileutils findutils flex gcc grep less login make mingw patch (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| I finally got my Mars Expansion Pack working with my Pinnacle Video Capture Card, type DC10 Plus. I can switch between the tiny black and white camera that fits on a robot much better, viewed through the card, and the USB QuickCam Pro golf ball (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LeJos threads / sleep() takes too long
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| The priority mechanism used in lejos is the same as that specified in the Real Time Specification for Java (RTSJ): Threads of a higher priority will absolutely block threads of a lower priority as long as they remain runnable. The sensor listener (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| wow, I tried what you said and it worked flawlessly. I feel kinda stupid for not having thought of that for so long. thanks. aatish aatish@mac.com "Alexander Cech" <alexander.cech@chel..._this_.at> wrote in message news:GtMKMo.H79@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) I created a user space program which does some of this. I call it "inspector" as it mostly inspects the values of sensors. It also shows the current battery reading and how long the RCX has been on. The UI is pretty simple to use. It also (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| According to a book by Ferrari brothers ("Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms") here's what you can try: --- How to release a Jammed Micromotor A micromotor jams so easily, you should know what to do when it occurs. The following list should help: (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| From NASA Tech Briefs: (URL) parts of code can be categorized and quantified in selectable ways. Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama Forth Source Code Analysis Tool Set (FSCATS) is a computer program that provides a wide range of capabilities for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| Soirry for the late reply, I've been on a sudden business trip and was unable to get to my email... (...) Great! I would leave the basic serial stuff alone and enable interrupt driven serial IO in a separate set of words, like RCX_INIT and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| Hi Bart, (...) if you mean LISTENER_THREAD then that sounds plausible. (...) Yes, LISTENER_THREAD has maximum priority, so it runs before any threads of lower priority, even yield doesn't help. (...) Yes, I think we'll have to fix that somehow. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| Experimenting with Lejos, two 'major' problems: memory (cleaning up platform & lang: Math.class is huge!) and... threads. I have the impression my "try { sleep(nnn) }" takes a somewhat arbitrary time. It's 'at least' nnn milisec, but often much (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| (...) It really isn't that limited when you consider other platforms that run full PK systems, such as the Dallas Semiconductor iButton. It has a much more limited processors, more limited RAM, and you write your code in Java so it has to be (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| I'm having trouble uploading data from within VBA (Microsoft Word). I wrote the Example program from page 93 of the SDK, and added an .InitComm before the UploadDatalog command. When I run the script, the green light comes on in the tower as if data (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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| (...) I'm also playing with interfaces to pbforth at the moment. What you're doing and I'm not is syntax highlighting. I'm not actually sure how well that works in pbforth, since I'm not sure how the editor knows which words have been defined (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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