Re: Linking NXT and RCX

According to the Development Lab news at hitechnic,
you won't need to use the RCX, just their expansion
unit:

<http://www.bnxt.com/blog/2006/02/control-19-motors-and-16-sensors.html>
<http://www.hitechnic.com/>

--- Louis Davis <[email protected]> wrote:

> The message at the following link indicates
> HiTechnic is working on a
> bridge that will allow the NXT and RCX to
> communicate.
> 
>
http://www.bnxt.com/blog/2006/02/nxt-to-rcx-communications-and-back.html
> 
> On 2/19/06, Andrew Lea <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there will be a way -
> preferably an easy way - to
> > get the new NXT  Mindstorms to communicate with
> the old?  An obvious
> > design is to combine the old with the new.  For
> example, considering a
> > "Mars Rover" design, use the old RCX to control
> the motors in the rover,
> > and use the new to control a robotic arm.  The
> need for this is, of
> > course, to increase the number of output ports.
> >
> > I can think of two methods using sensors and
> motors, but they both take
> > up ports.  (Unlike communicating between two RXCs,
> say.)
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> 


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