{"id":2928,"date":"2025-01-03T18:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/?page_id=2928"},"modified":"2025-01-05T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T17:54:55","slug":"lego-and-related-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/?page_id=2928","title":{"rendered":"Lego and Related Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a fairly recent addition to the website, so please excuse me while I add more stuff and organise, sort and tidy up what is here. The pages will likely mostly concentrate on the Control Lab and RCX given my interest is in older computer control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Lego Pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/?page_id=2887\">Some ramblings on motors and motor controllers<\/a>. This is a work in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information About Programmable Hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\">Control Lab LOGO Reference<\/a> &#8211; I extracted the LOGO reference manual from the in-application help system in the Macintosh version of Control Lab 1.0. The contents are available here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Lego Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/?p=2916\">Lego Control Lab Interface &#8211; Serial Cable Woes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/?p=2900\">Lego Power Functions Connector Pinout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>Links to Useful Pages \/ Sites Around the Internet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/philohome.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/philohome.com<\/a> &#8211; Lots of useful information and testing, well documented.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/convict.lu\/Jeunes\/ultimate_stuff\/Making%20your%20own%20RCX%20sensors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Making Your Own RCX (and Control Lab) Sensors Part 1<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/convict.lu\/Jeunes\/ultimate_stuff\/Making%20your%20own%20RCX%20sensors_part2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Making Your Own RCX (and Control Lab) Sensors Part 2<\/a>.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convict.lu\/Jeunes\/ultimate_stuff\/Ultimate_intro.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.convict.lu\/Jeunes\/ultimate_stuff\/Ultimate_intro.htm<\/a> &#8211; Some Interesting RCX Projects, hardware and software.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bricklife.com\/scratch-gui\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bricklife.com\/scratch-gui<\/a> &#8211; Lego Powered Up compatible version of the Scratch visual programming IDE.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/el.media.mit.edu\/logo-foundation\/resources\/logoupdate\/Logo_Update_v3n3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/el.media.mit.edu\/logo-foundation\/resources\/logoupdate\/Logo_Update_v3n3.pdf<\/a> &#8211; A pdf of a newsletter describing the prototypes of the RCX being tested by groups of school children.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lrr.files.aronwk.com\/fredm\/cher\/projects\/programmable-brick\/pbmanual-120.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A user manual for the above, including useful information about sensors<\/a> (that work with the Control Lab and RCX).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011209231208\/http:\/\/el.www.media.mit.edu\/groups\/el\/projects\/programmable-brick\/more.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011209231208\/http:\/\/el.www.media.mit.edu\/groups\/el\/projects\/programmable-brick\/more.html<\/a> &#8211; a dead website archived on the wayback machine, discussing the RCX prototype.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ofalcao.pt\/blog\/2017\/decoding-old-lego-infrared-protocol\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ofalcao.pt\/blog\/2017\/decoding-old-lego-infrared-protocol<\/a> &#8211; Information about the Infrared Protocol. Annoying adverts on this site sadly. Take up most of the screen on a phone.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pbrick.info\/index.html-p=8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Using the Lego USB IR Tower on Linux<\/a> &#8211; I haven&#8217;t tested this myself, it is fairly old, but hopefully it still works, or is enough of a clue. At some point I&#8217;ll write an updated version.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eurobricks.com\/forum\/index.php?\/forums\/topic\/42828-wireless-rcx-ir-tower\/\" target=\"_blank\">Building an RS232 IR Tower <\/a>&#8211; I suspect there are simpler ways to do this using an Arduino, so may write an updated version.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190226175613\/http:\/\/extremenxt.com\/lego.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.extremenxt.com<\/a> &#8211; archived on the wayback machine &#8211; lots of info on DIY sensors.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/legoengineering.com\/robolab-for-labview\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">ROBOLAB for LabView<\/a> &#8211; an add-on for LabVIEW that enables you to run the classic and much loved ROBOLAB within LabVIEW installs.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orionrobots.co.uk\/2010\/01\/19\/the-lego-rcx-inside-and-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Lego RCX, Inside and Out<\/a> &#8211; Orionrobots post detailing the RCX hardware.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lgauge.com\/technic\/LEGOInterfaceB\/9751.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9751 LEGO Dacta Interface B Serial Protocol details<\/a> &#8211; On lgauge.com<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fairly recent addition to the website, so please excuse me while I add more stuff and organise, sort and tidy up what is here. The pages will likely mostly concentrate on the Control Lab and RCX given my interest is in older computer control. Lego Pages Some ramblings on motors and motor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2886,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7g9vY-Le","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2928\/revisions\/2952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephantandchicken.co.uk\/stuffandnonsense\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}