 | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Richard Earley
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| | | Have you tried using the computer monitor? ie: display the bar code on your computer screen and scan along the code? this may make a simple scout/code pilot programmer possible. -Rich (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Russell Nelson
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| | | | Richard Earley writes: > > Have you tried using the computer monitor? ie: display the bar code on your > computer screen and scan along the code? this may make a simple scout/code > pilot programmer possible. Even better, flash a big square in the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Richard Earley
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| | | | (...) But that requires timing on the part of the computer. A simple display of a bar code could also be posted to a web page for access by all.... -Rich (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Couldn't you use an animated gif? (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Ben Jackson
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| | | | | | (...) I just tried this by modifying the PS barcode maker Doug Eaton posted. I made one 'bar' and one 'space' as a 256x256 GIF and merged them with gifmerge as directed by Doug's PS (plus all space lead-in/lead-out). I played this back at various (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Doug Eaton
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| | | | | | The usual caveats with respect to refresh timing apply to all suggestions about displaying something on a computer screen. Think about watching a picture of a TV set on TV. The image seems to creep and only part of it is displayed at any given time. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Russell Nelson
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| | | | | Richard Earley writes: > But that requires timing on the part of the computer. A simple display of a bar > code could also be posted to a web page for access by all.... Relative timing is all that's needed. All you need is a wait() routine which (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO —Brian Johnson
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| | | | Perhaps an animated GIF file consisting of a black or white square that alternate where the timing is specified in the GIF file and executed by the computer. This would still be able to be posted on web sites. Brian (...) -- ___...___ Brian Johnson (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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