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Re: Lego Dacta/Robolab control with 8 I/O
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date: 
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:11:56 GMT
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If you're interested in creating your own applications, take a look at:

http://troyda.sas.muohio.edu (select Research)

There's both a paper describing the PC protocol in great depth
(http://troyda.sas.muohio.edu/paper2.html) and (best of all) an ActiveX
component (http://troyda.sas.muohio.edu/legosrc.zip) that you can compile
and use from Visual Basic.

Best of luck

-- Michael

In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Ben Erwin writes:
> 
> I forgot to mention that LEGO Engineer 2.0 currently runs on top of ROBOLAB
> 2.0.  So ok, its not *free* :)  You have to spend the $25 or so on ROBOLAB
> first.  But its still better than LOGO I think because the programming is
> graphical.  And unlike ROBOLAB, LEGO Engineer is more like actual LabVIEW
> programming, which is kind of cool.
> 
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Ben Erwin writes:
> > Just to clarify, this serial interface box that you've been given doesn't have
> > much to do with ROBOLAB.  ROBOLAB is the software for the RCX.  What you want
> > (free) is LEGO Engineer, which looks and smells a lot like ROBOLAB.
> > http://ldaps.arc.nasa.gov/LEGOEngineer/  Right now only the PC version is
> > posted.  If you want the Mac version, send me an email and I'll pester the
> > right person.
> > 
> > In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Lars Gertsen writes:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I have been offered a Lego Dacta/Robolab control unit which
> > > must be attached to the serial port on a PC. The unit has
> > > 8 input and 8 output. There are no software with this unit.
> > > Anybody know what software I need to use this unit and if
> > > any of it is freeware.
> > > 
> > > Lars Gertsen - Denmark



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  Re: Lego Dacta/Robolab control with 8 I/O
 
I forgot to mention that LEGO Engineer 2.0 currently runs on top of ROBOLAB 2.0. So ok, its not *free* :) You have to spend the $25 or so on ROBOLAB first. But its still better than LOGO I think because the programming is graphical. And unlike (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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