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Subject: 
VLL Transmit for RCX (was: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO)
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll
Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:33:36 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Doug Eaton writes:
Summary: * The Micro Scout can be program by flashing a light at it.
        * Use transparencies as a low tech means of doing this.

A more detailed version is available at http://eaton.dhs.org/lego/

Thanks to Doug's work I was inspired to make the RCX transmit VLL.  You just
hook up a light sensor, initialize it, and then use vll_send(code) to
transmit.  The little red LED on the light sensor blinks furiously.  The Scout
still does this far faster (about 3x) but it probably has some special hardware
(not the least of which is a signaling quality LED).  If the RCX goes any
faster the code becomes a blur and the reject rate skyrockets.

After writing the code I spent almost as much time tarting up my web page about
it with graphics:

http://www.ben.com/LEGO/rcx/vll.html

Feedback welcome, especially from legOS hackers re: my change to dsensor.c to
make this possible

--Ben



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  Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
 
Summary: * The Micro Scout can be program by flashing a light at it. * Use transparencies as a low tech means of doing this. A more detailed version is available at (URL) Droid Developers Kit is the first and only MindStorms set that many of us have (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)

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