Lpc2000

Wouldn't it be neat if this new brick was based on an ARM device?  It 
would be even better if it were one of the Philips LPC devices.

See http://tinyurl.com/bcr3e

I want one!  Maybe a couple...

Richard

It would beat the H8 that's currently in the Brick.  I don't play with
mine as much as I used to, though.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR, and MAXQ processors and perhaps LEGO...

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> Sent: 06 January 2006 03:45
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> Subject: [lpc2000] New LEGO Mindstorms NCX
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> Wouldn't it be neat if this new brick was based on an ARM device?  It 
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> Richard
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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Paul Curtis" <plc@...>
To: <lpc2000@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: [lpc2000] New LEGO Mindstorms NCX


> It would beat the H8 that's currently in the Brick.  I don't play with
> mine as much as I used to, though.

A friend of mine bought one for his son. I think he plays with it more, 
though, designing his own hardware interfaces for it.

Leon

That new Lego toy looks nice.
On the picture it shows three servo motors, an ultrasonic range finder,
switch, microphone and an LED. Seems a bit limited (like to old brick).

Would be great though to use my own controller with it - the current
available Lego brick is nice for simple stuff but I'd like to do more.
But it's amazing what you can do with some standard lego blocks and a bit
of 2-component glue ;-)

Other option I could do with is a real Number 5 (AKA Johnny 5) to play
with :-)
Blueprints may be coming http://www.johnny-five.com

A nice option for those wanting to control a robot may be one of the robot
arms from Lynxmotion. For $ 265 you get the Lynx 6 arm with motors and
gripper but without the electronics
(http://www.lynxmotion.com/Product.aspx?productID=20&CategoryID=35).
The lpc21xx has exactly 6 PWM outputs that can be used to control the arm.

Or try Pino (http://www.symbio.jst.go.jp/PINO/index.html), all mechanical
drawings are available but you have to spend some nice $$$ on servo motors
...

Rob

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Curtis" <plc@r...> wrote:
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> It would beat the H8 that's currently in the Brick.  I don't play 
with
> mine as much as I used to, though.

My grandson is in second grade.  I bought the first Mindstorms when 
he was 3 or 4 and I introduced him to the MiniSumo Mark III with 
speech added when he was 3.  I bought him his first computer when he 
was two, maybe earlier.

I just bought, via eBay, the 4 LEGO Spybotics kits.  He can assemble 
them himself using the interactive instructions and he can select 
and program the missions as well.

Recently I have purchased 3 more Invention Systems to be absolutely 
certain there are enough parts to build anything we come up with.

It's an adventure.  His first childhood, my tenth, or so.

Richard

Rob Jansen wrote:

> That new Lego toy looks nice.

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Looks like it will use a 32bit ARM7 CPU with 256 kB flash and 64 kB RAM.

David