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(...) To send and receive IR or VLL messages using NQC and Spybots you would write a program something like this: #define VLLEvent 1 #define MessageEvent 2 void DebugOut(const int &x) { SetLED(LED_MODE_ON, (x & 0x17) | ((x & 8) * 4) | ((x & 32) / (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Has anyone got messaging from the RCX2 to Spybotics working? Would be great to hear if you have! (20 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hello, how can I establish communication between Spybots. I’ve found “SendSpybotMessage” function in extended John Hansen‘s spybot api, but I don’t know how to use it. I want to use two spybots to build one robot, so I need two way communication (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | BricxCC home page is moving!
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At the end of last year I finally signed up for high speed internet access from Comcast. Included in the agreement (with my wife) is that I would get rid of my long association with AOL. I've had the JohnBinder AOL email address for many, many years (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | NQC & Spybot subroutine code generation bug
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I have just received a report from a user that NQC programs containing subroutines do not execute correctly against the Spybot platform. I have confirmed that this is a problem with all versions of NQC which support the Spybot brick. This program: (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybotics VLL & NQC
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Hi, I'm having a frustrating time again! I've given up on trying to read the Spybotic controller and have turned my attention to the VLL cable. Can anyone help me with setting up comms between an old laptop PC and a Spybotic pBrick, all I want to do (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.7
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(...) Upon further review, it would appear that (at least on my machine and one other that I have heard about) the new release of BricxCC (3.3.7.7) does, in fact, correctly download the brickOS firmware. My previous tests were using an old copy of (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) Very! I don't expect to use the game data often, but it would be nice to have the option of having it available or not. thanks for the great work! (20 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Thanks Steve, I was having some trouble with MindScript, but I'll give it another try. Thanks again John (20 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I seem to remember in Mindscript, there is a way to disable the RC messages. I think it was something like "setRCDisable" I'm not sure if that is implemented in the latest verson of NQC. (and I'm not sure if that's the right command) But I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Reading Spybotic controller
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Hi, I've been trying some experiments with Spybotic communications using Bricxcc and NQC. I have been able to send and receive messages using 'SendSpybotMessage()' and 'RxMessage()' However, when I try to read the controller, I am only able to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.7
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(...) Unfortunately, BricxCC is still not downloading the brickOS firmware correctly. I will look into this problem and try to fix it. In the mean time, you can use firmdl3 which works correctly. John Hansen (20 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.7
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I've released version 3.3.7.7 of BricxCC today. It adds a Spybot EEPROM tool window. It adds a new configurable watch tool window. It adds a new generic set source value tool window. It adds a hot key (F2) for the pbForth console. The position of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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Hi John, Thanks to your pre-built BrickOS tools, I have finally installed it on my Windows 2000 machine (I tried several times in the past... no luck !). The installation was really fast and easy, the only problem I got was that the default BrickOS (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:HrB87H.17p1@lugnet.com... (...) future one) for NQC (...) I think your question probably meant "can I use FastTimer in defining events because I want better resolution than is possible with (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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(...) I will make this change. Thanks for the report! John Hansen (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) According to the LEGO documentation, only the normal (source 1) Timers can be used as an event source. The ‘sensors’ for which events can be generated are: · Physical sensors (Source 9, Range 0-2, Logical number 0-2) · System timers (Source 1, (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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small suggestion: when you've a syntax error in NQC, it goes like this - error is reported - you correct the error - recompile the source - code is downloaded - error message disappears In my opinion, the last 2 actions should be the other way (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Here's a suggestion/question: is it possible (either in the current incarnation or a future one) for NQC to use FastTimer() as a source for events? Timer() works, but not (it seems) FastTimer(). (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot on shop@home
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(...) I agree! I went for the shop@home offer (in the Netherlands, they are 45 euros) and got me a SnapTrax. It is a blast to play with - even when just using the remote control to drive it around (chasing cats...). I just finished my first official (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) ;o) ... but why not ? (...) You're right, I should try pbForth, actually I intend to do that for a while but never jumped in. In the late 80's, I was involved in a point of sales terminal project that was programmed with a preemptive (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: NQC's future
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(...) Ha Ha, very funny :-) Seriously, Philippe, why not give pbForth a try? I know that NQC works great on both the Spybots and the RCX, and even Cybermaster. But if you're looking for speed, higher precision, lots of variables and generally more (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Something I'd like to see implemented in NQC is a mixed-mode multiply/divide, similar to the */ operator in Forth, with an intermediary 32bits product. That would greatly ease precision calculations without requiring major structural (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybots & Java
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(...) Thanks for the helpful clarification, John -- and a Happy New Year! Cheers, Martin (20 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybots & Java
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(...) The Spybot brick doesn't support replacement firmwares, so it is impossible to use Java with it. At this point NQC and LASM/MindScript are your only options for programming the Spybot brick. MindScript is currently your best option, but with (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybots & Java
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Hello All, as I have a) Spybots, and b) to learn Java, I am wondering if there are tools by now to program the former with the latter? I know that NQC supports Spybots, but what about e.g. leJOS? Are there any projects aiming to run Spybots by Java? (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot on shop@home
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(...) You will have fun with it! I know I did! It's like a video game, except in real life :) Gave one to my nephew a while back and he still does missions with it. Dave K (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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The german shop@home dropped the spybots from 80+ Euro to 41 Euro. So I finally gave up and ordered one :) Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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Sorry for the french .... But the description is true nanobapt (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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(...) Wow! I've just discovered Bricxcc! Thank you very much for providing such a useful tool. I'm using PbForth and I was impressed by what you've included in BricxCC. Just to share with you, here's what I did so far. I've renamed the Help file so (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) click thru to: Présentation (URL) I found the English page: (URL) my eye, Babelfish seems to think the French there says: Legnoppix is a version of Knoppix Linux, bootable via CD even in a PC that ordinarily boots Windows. Legnoppix differs (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) NQC is a language/compiler which works with the standard LEGO firmware(s). I don't anticipate that ever changing. But here's a glimpse of something new for the Spybot target that might be interesting to NQC users. Would 256 (or 128, if you (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) Dear John, Even if it requires a firmware replacement, please add: - more variables, - float type variables, - string type variables, - certain math library (sin, cos, exp, ...) - at least good approximations, - more subs, - functions with (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) and what about this : (URL) <- my legnoppix project nanobapt (21 years ago, 7-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) By the way, people who have a CD-booting Windows-compatible PC have free Linux too, via a boot CD that works without repartitioning (or even writing) the boot HDD: (URL) I think I specifically remember seeing rcx serial port tools work there, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I think you are the victim of too much snippage... :-) If you reread the original message, there is indeed mention of adding various Spybot related features but the "non-standard firmware support" was in reference to NQC in general. I assume (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) All, I thought that the spybot could not have the firmware replaced. Am I wrong? -Andrea (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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I would like functions to be able to return something other than zero. (If there's a way to do this (other than global variables) already, please let me know!) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I am happy to help out as best I can. Unfortunately, there is little chance that I will do as good a job as Dave Baum has done over the years. But I'll try my best. (...) Yes. When I can find the time. I'm also trying to find the time to do a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, John Hansen wrote: John, thanks for taking on the maintenance and improvement of NQC. (...) I'd definitely like to see this one implemented, when you can find the time. :-) Mark (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | NQC's future
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I'm very interested in hearing from NQC users what their needs/wishes are for future enhancements. Here's my current list of updates/enhancements that I am working on. 1. Built-in and documented Spybot API. 2. Fast firmware download via USB tower (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot meets M8 Mikrocotroller
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I’ve started a project to extend the spybot port via an atmel M8 mikrocontroller mini modul.The modul is appropriate together with a battery on the roof of the spy. The modul is connected with the spybot by the vll interface. The software for the M8 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | spybot studies: direction testing
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I needed to know what TargetDirection() meant at different ranges, so I did another study. Graphic results here: (URL) information post-moderation: (URL) of the methodology are in target_direction.nqc (and some in target_direction.xls). I quit after (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | IR leds, was Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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... Just reading an old post and saw my mistake: of course 880 nm is closer to red (650nm) than 940nm !!! Here is the correct text I should have sent : "I think these emitters are different wavelength, 880nm for the pointing up one, 940nm for the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: seek a world object
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(...) It does. Thanks! (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Or, then again, you might not. As with the vast majority of the ROM subroutines (and all the _Bead subroutines) this subroutine fiddles around with a global variable (via calls to EnterBead and ExitBead). In this case it happens to be global (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Cool program. Keep up the great work! (...) You might be able to use PointToward_Bead without running into problems. __nolist void PointToward_Bead(const int& nTimes) { asm { 0xe3, &nTimes, 0x17, 81, 0x01, 1 }; } This ROM routine monitors an (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot studies: seek a world object
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/* beacon.nqc Uses World Relation Table to get a fix on and drive to another object. The object can be a Spybot, PC, or Spybot Controller. The program fixes on (i.e. drives to) the first object it finds. If that object disappears from the "radar", (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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(...) How *does* the Spybot know the orientation (the ROM SDK calls it "aspect") of another Spybot? My (casual) observations indicate that all three emitters are on simultaneously and synchronously. How does the observing Spybot identify which one (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot Studies: display an 8-bit value
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(...) In case anyone was wondering (yeah, sure :-), this line in my original post: lediDisplay = (x & 0x17) ((x & 8) * 4) ((x & 32) / 4) rearranges the bits so that the lower 6 bits can easily be read left to right (while looking at the bot from the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Spybot Studies: display an 8-bit value
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(...) Mark Riley did this using MindScript but I don't recall having already seen the equivalent in NQC. (URL) than use a #define macro (speaking of which, I need to fix the syntax highlighting of preprocessor macros to account for multiple lines) I (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Another very simple thing to do to display this type of "debug" information is to send a message to an RCX, and display the value on the LCD of the RCX. That way, you don't need to mess with decoding the 8 bit binary number. This was not my (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot Studies: display an 8-bit value
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I feel a little sheepish posting such simple code, but I needed to write this function anyway, and it's a legitimate illustration of a couple functions, which is the goal of "Spybot Studies" and this is a run-on sentence. /* led_8bit_display A (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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(...) I think these emitters are different wavelength, 940nm for the pointing up one, 880nm for the others. 940nm radiation is very close to red wavelength range and is easily seen by cameras CCD, even though they generally include an IR filter to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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(...) Yes, there is a visible light cut-off filter built in remote command receiver. Philo (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) My understanding (which may well be incorrect) is that the Manas unit only responds to IR. Sending an RC message using the PC channel is probably not terribly useful since (as far as I am aware) there aren't any devices that use RC messages (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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I forgot to mention that the mana (set to channel 3) didn't respond to the laser LED's command message. Is this because the mana isn't sensitive to visible red or because the signal is somehow encoded differently when it comes out the laser? (or (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Yes, there are multiple IR emitters. Two in front at nearly 90 degree angles, one in back, and a high-power one pointing up. Turns out my camera was only picking up the high-power emitter. I tried again with a different camera (the Vision (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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(...) Of course you are correct! I repeated the process (unplugging the cable to simulate the failure of the comm port) and found that it detected the spybot through the USB Tower; then when I attempted to download the program, it activated the USB (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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(...) This portion of the Spybot NQC API is under substantial revision... :-) I based the constants on those found in Spybot.h which are apparently just plain wrong. The current version of my spy.nqh file has #define SERIAL_CHANNEL_HIGH_POWER 0 (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot studies: SetTxDirection() confusion
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John, I noticed the SetTxDirection() function in your mana_control.nqc program. I thought it might be useful for my project, so it became my next subject of study. The spy.nqh shows this: #define TX_DIRECTION_FRONT_LEFT 0 #define (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] Cool! It may even be possible to get NQC to download a program (...) Way cool! (...) [snip] (...) Unbelievable! -Brian (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I'm nearly certain that you can't (currently) download programs to a Spybot via the USB tower. The MindScript compiler (LCC32) complains that it can't open the serial port (and unless LEGO releases an update to their vpbrick.dll COM object it (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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John Hansen wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] John, While working with BricxCC on a spybot project (still not done) I encountered an odd situation. 1st) something happened to the comm port that the spybot cable is connected; I couldn't send or receive (or (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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(...) I think this is fantastic, Brian. I look forward to seeing future posts on the results of your studies. I am working with Dave Baum to incorporate the new Spybot API features into the official NQC API. One aspect of that involves documentation (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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I've started a new project to explore the Spybot's capabilities, (now the John Hansen has given me access to them ;). I plan to undertake s series of "studies" which each explore a single feature or function. I'll post then as I go. This first one (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) Yes. The extra channels are for non-repeating stuff. Like you said. (...) Well, I've discovered (while working on a Spybot project) that if you ask just the right question, the people at LEGO may reply to it. They are (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) [snippage] (...) [more snippage] (...) Glad you like the chart. Trying to find a way to present the information in a useful manner was the trick for me, too. :-) I'll have to throw up a web page or something. As to figuring it out, credit has (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Thanks a lot for posting this very useful information, Mark! I don't know how long I've been beating my head against the brick trying to make heads or tails out of the values I calculated for the various possible combinations of button (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) You're welcome! (...) Well, I did try it out and it does work... somewhat. For example, when you set the channel to 5 using the technique mentioned above, only some of the remote packets reflect 5 as the channel number, while others still (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: CD Languages
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I have it on good authority that the CDROM is English-German-French. Your instructions are probably German-French as I don;t think the packaging was ever done in Danish. Ralph (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) As cool as this sounds, it's not right. :( Sorry about that. There are just the two bits (like Mark said above). See, this is why I haven't been able to get my Spybot remote to work with my RCX. :) Steve (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: CD Languages
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(...) Very thoughtful of you but I'm not sure we need it. Maybe we do... We have a CD, (but lazy us didn't install it yet) but the paper instructions are in Danish... if the CD is multilanguage we are OK CD wise, although getting English paper (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: CD Languages
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I've got a spare CD I can wing your way, Larry. Ralph (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Just got Gigamesh but from Denmark, so naturally the instructions are in Danish. Is the CD multilanguage? If so do we need to find a hardcopy in English of the instructions? I'm assuming not? Thanks! (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Mark, Thanks for posting this. I've been trying to figure out how to do that, but I don't know enough about the IR messages and baud control of BrickOS to do it myself. (...) I don't know if this is printed anywhere, but here's some more info (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Thanks, Mark, I was indeed using standard firmware through NQC... Philo (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: IR Sensitivity - Was: 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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(...) Hi Philippe, I've been adding support for the Spybot and Manas remotes to my custom firmware LDCC. The idea is to allow 3 people to each control a seperate train using these remotes. This is how I discovered the problem with RCX 1.0 not (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot MessageEvent
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In lugnet.robotics.spybotics, Joseph Woolley wrote: <snip> (...) The official API contains the following code // these all correspond to using VLL() as the source #define EVENT_TYPE_ENTRY_FOUND 4 #define EVENT_TYPE_MSG_DISCARD 6 #define (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Spybot MessageEvent
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I realize that I may be reinventing the wheel with this, but I was not able to find another way of accomplishing the same thing. After setting up a VLLEvent using: #define VLLEvent 1 SetEvent(VLLEvent, VLL(), EVENT_TYPE_VLL_MSG_RECEIVED); then (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.6
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I've gone ahead and released a new version of BricxCC. Get it while it's hot! :-) There are a few rough edges in this release, primarily in the pbForth console. Also, the leJOS .hlp file was so large I did not include it in the main installer. The (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Spybot NQC API file
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In case anyone would like to have it, here is my spy.nqh file in its entirety. With respect to the ROM subroutines, it is important to note that most of them use global variables, timers, and events which must be assigned a particular number by the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: FindWorld & ClearWorld Spybot NQC API additions
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Thank you for the quick response. I'll try all your suggestions tonight. ...and a great big SQUEEK! SQUEEK! SQUEEK! Joseph (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: FindWorld & ClearWorld Spybot NQC API additions
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(...) You are quite welcome. I hope there are at least a few folks out there who are finding this useful. Mostly we should all thank Dave Baum for his efforts to add Spybot support to NQC and for designing a program that allows for extension in a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: FindWorld & ClearWorld Spybot NQC API additions
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(...) SQUEAK!!! SQUEAK!!! SQUEAK!!! ;o) Philo (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: FindWorld & ClearWorld Spybot NQC API additions
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This is an area of robotics that particularly interests me. Thank you for doing all this work! Now...how do I put all together? Do I simply add your programming to the bottom of spy.nqh or are there particular locations where pieces should go? Would (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Robotics invention system 3.0
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Is there any new news about the Robotics invention system 3.0? i heard it was comming out soon and i wanted to get an idea about what some differences were between that an 2.0. any information would be helpful. -Nick (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | FindWorld & ClearWorld Spybot NQC API additions
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Another addition to spy.nqh : #define REL_GT 0 #define REL_LT 1 #define REL_EQ 2 #define REL_NE 3 __nolist void FindWorld(int &v, const int relsrc, const int crit, const int& thresh) { asm { 0xd5, &v : 0x3000001, 0x2a + relsrc, crit, &thresh : (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: More Spybotics NQC API stuff (work in progress)
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Some slight revisions to the previous submission. And now I have finally figured out how to get the Spybot to control Manas. I'm very puzzled by the equations for setting the output bytes. Any explanations would be greatly appreciated. #include (...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | More Spybotics NQC API stuff (work in progress)
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A lot of this is untested and very rough. For some reason I still can't get the Spybot to send out RC messages to a Manas unit. Sending an RCX message (opcode 0xF7) is quite simple - either using the ROM subroutine SendRCXMessage or by using the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Team Spybot (was: Yet another NQC spybot API submission)
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(...) I recently made a pair of Spybots that could work together for an autonomous sumo competition. I wanted to use the Spybot "ZONES" but found this info is not available in NQC. It was pretty easy to pick up Mindscript, and I was able to do just (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Yet another NQC spybot API submission
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(...) Hello John, Sure I'm interested... Though I have not devoted enough time to the Spybots, I think they make a good "poor man" robotics platform - unfortunately with quite a few limitations. Thanks a lot for the time and energy you put in (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Yet another NQC spybot API submission
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I'm hanging on every byte, John. I've tried a couple times to do what your doing with the Spybot API, and I just don't seem to have what it takes. For instance, I tried to figure out how to get the Spybot to respond to its remote control from NQC, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Yet another NQC spybot API submission [DAT]
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Doh! I had the low and high bytes switched on the items below which can be passed one or more frequencies. Now I have actually tested this code and it does, indeed, work (with the low and high bytes in the correct order). I've also slightly changed (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Yet another NQC spybot API submission
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I forgot to cross-post this to the spybotics newsgroup. My apologies for the double post. Here is another submission to the NQC spybot API. I haven't properly tested this against an actual Spybot but I have compared the NQC output code to what is (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: I Need Some Advice!
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(...) You'll probably love them. There are a couple of pre-made games that use 1 player and 2 bots. You can use NQC to give the bots custom behaviour. The software that comes with the Spybots is decent, but really aimed at kids. You can also buy my (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | I Need Some Advice!
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Hi All, I recently purchased two of the spybotic sets at a cheap price (10 bucks)! What I am wondering is whether I would enjoy keeping a set (or two) for myself or whether to just sell them. I don't want to bust open the boxes only to find out that (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Proximity detection?
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(...) I think there are hints that the ROM can. IIRC, the Spybotic software allows you to set the IR to detect "some kind of thing at an unknown distance and direction". This is my interpretation of what the Spybotic GUI is telling me, not a verbal (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Proximity detection?
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(...) The Spybot hardware itself appears capable of simple proximity detection. Looking at outputs from the IR detector modules on an oscilloscope, I can see the Spybot's own pings. This includes the absence/presence of range sensing/ID bits due to (...) (21 years ago, 3-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Has anyone hacked a spybot for more ports?
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Has anyone hacked a Spybot for more sensor ports? It seems to me that the six LED's could become 3 duel direction motor ports. (Would require a 9v power pack of course) I'm also sure that the touch sensor could be converted to a regular touch sensor (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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