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Oh, and also, the computer software doesn't give me an accurate reading of the battery level. It is almost ALWAYS in the 8.3-8.6 range, even after fully charged or even when used for a LONG time.

I'm using NXT-G. I've done a lot with it, and I've never seen anything that reads the battery level. Otherwise I would use it to control the motor power... I'll just program it for use with full power and recharge the battery every once and awhile. Looks like I should try to get into NXC!! Is there ...

Is it just me, or have the two mindstorms education kits I've worked with been defective? Both of them have had "problems" with the battery. While it charges fine, the robot always acts "hyper" when the battery is fully charged. That means the motors will all run a good bit faste...

spillerrec wrote:(Programs such as 7-zip can do this)

And on a mac you can use disk mounter utility, just double click the iso. If you're on snow leopard, you'll need to use the patch ( here for instructions: http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-US/News/R ... ?id=351333 )

There were a couple my blocks on the lego website that when put together make an "opposite" block. So the logic to number converts logic (yes) to number (1) and then number to logic converts odd numbers to false and even numbers to true, so in this example, the input 1 would be made false ...

So I basically am making it work with a series of switches... I guess the "pausing the loop" was the wrong mindset for what I'm trying to do.

Thanks for all the replies!

Ok, I'm now wondering how to make something that could be called an opposite block. So say I have an rotation sensor reading going into a variable. If that variable reads forward (I'm assuming yes or 1), how could I wire it to a motor block to make it go reverse (maybe no or 0?)? I'm assuming it wou...

Have the arm resting on a touch sensor, and balanced so the touch sensor is NOT pressed. When the magnet picks something up, it should press the touch sensor. Yeah, one of my ideas, actually! (great minds think alike, right?) I actually currently have it set up balanced enough on a servo motor that...

2 - never ask when under time pressure, let replies fly their way to you! we don't want to get your time constraints, as we have ours yet!!! Thanks for the tips! I was able to figure out a lot of what I need to know i/e that 15 whatever it was was actually 15 v a/c whereas it is actually 9.5 v d/c.

That was interesting... but I still don't know how I'd get it to work with the loop...