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Brian Johnson wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.scout, Miles Gentry writes:
> > Do you know of any books and web sites with building instructions for models
> > that use the Scout?
>
> It almost seems as if the Scout is "withering on the vine." It's a cool
> little PBrick but there doesn't seem to be much specifically target at the
> Scout and the RDS.
I wouldn't say it's withering per say, it's more like it never really grew. It's
whopping 400 bytes of user memory REALLY hampers it's abilities. Plus it's locked
into it's current firmware and with it's limited ports it's destined to be a
slave to an RCX. But that's ok. It's a nice little unit. Anything that can be
created with the RCX with touch sensors can be made with the Scout.
> I have found that many of the models shown in the Mindstorms books can be
> adapted for the Robotics Discovery Set (RDS). Dave Baum's book, for one is
> quite helpful. I recently had a chance to flip through the "Mindstorms for
> Dummies" book. It DID mention the Scout but didn't seem to offer any
> projects. The upcoming idea book by Joe Negata (?) looks like it might offer
> more general ideas for use with Mindstorms sets. Really, when you think
> about it, that's what LEGO is all about- discovering new ways to do things,
> to improvise!
>
> Oh, and the Scout IS programmable. Quite easily! Just get an IR tower and a
> copy of NQC (provided with Dave Baum's "Definitive guide..." and the
> "Dummies" book.
Be sure to upgrade to the latest version as versions prior to 2.2 don't support
the Scout fully.
Dean
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