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| | A reset key for pbforth
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| Hi all, as I am one of those people who cannot remember the order of the arguments to DUMP, I wrote a simple interrupt handler to use RUN as a reset key (like ctrl-alt-del on a PC). Comments are welcome here, or by email. Ernst Include the following (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | RE: LEGO 2001
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| (...) Ahhhh, the lure of numbers :-) (...) Agreed. I know about a half dozen kids that have these sets, and most of them would rather watch TV! Don't forget that a lot of these kits are in schools. They are dumped on teachers that have little or no (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | RCX, Servos ,and Pneumatics
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| Hi All, I've just updated my site with new information on controlling standard RC servos with the RCX. Besides the dead-simple schematic that uses Radio-Shack parts, you can even control pneumatic switches! There are a few pictures that show a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | | | pbForth 1.2.1 is Released
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| This is an announcement that version 1.2.1 of pbForth has been released. New features include: * Improved operation of POWER_OFF * BYE now kills the firmware * Added SERVO manipulation words to the RCX extensions * Integrate Ernst de Ridder's PBX (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | | Re: New to PBforth - a few questions
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| Hi David, (...) Actually the power difference is hard to notice, regardless of platform. The different power levels are achieved using pulse width modulation, but something about the motors (maybe the flywheels) means that it's hard to notice much (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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