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| (...) Others have explained Pulse Width Modulation. However, if the kids are old enough to understand the difference between linear (straight line) and square law (curving ever upwards) and electrical voltage, resistance and power, you could say (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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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)
| | | | | RE: Motor port status for Robolab
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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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