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v1.4 of the RobotC Driver Suite has been released. You can download it here: RobotC Driver Suite v1.4 Details of the release are found here at Xanders Blog. I’m in the processing of trying it out, and working my way through some RobotC samples. Especially for using the HiTechnic Experimenters board.

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The basic concept to this first example, is simple.  You have a red LED.  You push a button to toggle the light on or off.  Here is the first project.  The red circle in the bottom right is the push button (it’s a temporary switch… you hold it down if you want the light to [...]

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As I mentioned earlier, I’m delving into RobotC.  I also purchased a Experimenters Kit from HiTechnic (I bought it several months ago, and recently decided to try it).  That has some RobotC examples for the kit, so I figured that would be a good place to start. I’m going to write about my adventures (and [...]

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Two posts in one! HiTechnic has released a new sensor.  It’s an Electro Optical Proximity Detector.  It detects minute changes in distance.  Very accurate and very fast. A version of this for the RCX was using in building the famous Steve Hassenplug LegWay. This sensor will detect objects up to 30 Centimeters away.   As [...]

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