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#1 2007-05-21 03:08:10
Interfacing to PicoCricket and Lego Mindstorm?
Hi there,
just got started with Scratch. Seems like a lot of fun. Could we extend the fun with interfaces to the real world? My candidates would be the Picocricket (see http://www.picocricket.com/ ) and Lego MindStorm (see http://mindstorms.lego.com/). Do you plan to have an API to extend Scratch, so we could add that stuff?
:-) stw
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#3 2007-06-28 14:09:14
- kevin_karplus
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-04-27
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Interfacing to PicoCricket and Lego Mindstorm?
The scratchboard is nice, but it is *input only*. Interacting with the real world requires outputs as well. I understand that controlling lego motors requires a 9v power supply, so can't be done directly off the USB pwer, the way the scratch board sensors are. Adding a wall wart or battery pack would be worth it!
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