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(...) Firmware is the Operating System for the RCX, the way Windows (or whatever) is the OS for your PC. Firmware by itself doesn't do anything, it's just there to run the programs that you write. It's like the trays in the cafeteria that hold your (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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Hi, I would love to learn how this is done. I am using Windows OS, how do I extract the vi files from your llb download? Thank you very much in advance! -- Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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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: (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi Elizabeth, (...) there is an 8ms cycle, and the motor is on for a part of that: 1ms for power level 0, 2ms for power level 1, up to all the 8ms for power level 7. The rest of the time the motor is floating, i.e. the motor inputs are disconnected, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Greetings All, I wrote a set of vi's that let you programmatically determine the status of a motor port. With these .vi's you can find a port's power level, direction, brake/float status, and on/off status. They can be found at: (URL) .vi's are (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) A program that runs on the RCX that makes it easier to program. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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I tried to explain term firmware to middle school age children. The best that I can do without using the technical terms, like embedded software, ROM is this: "Firmware is a set of instructions which must be loaded into the RCX Brick in order for it (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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Thank you very much for your clarification. Any suggestion on reading material about PMW for high school kids. -- Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Johnson Sent: (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) PWM--Pulse Width Modulation. Basically, during a cycle, power is turned on and off. The lengh of time the power is on is the pulse width. Longer pulse widths corispond to higher power levels. This cycling is supposed to happens fast enought (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) PWM - pulse width modulation of the electric current going to the motors. CS (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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