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“Last year we introduced a range of products using our new electric building system: LEGO Power Functions. This new electric building system will open up a lot of possibilities now and in the future. One of the new things we offer now is modular remote control. In the process of designing the Power Functions RC system we did a mapping of different RC functionalities. This mapping formed the basis of the Power Functions RC protocol and most of this is build into the Power Functions RC Receiver. The RC Handset launched now provides direct ‘bang-bang’ control, but the RC Receiver supports much more functionality like PWM speed control and single pin operation.Now that the Power Functions elements are available at the LEGO Shop online we have decided to release the Power Functions RC protocol as open source.Please feel free to use any information from the protocol document for personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact copyright, trademarks and other proprietary rights of the LEGO Company – have fun.”

Gaute Munch
Technology Product Manager
LEGO Company

LEGO Power Functions protocol

Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

Castle: Dwarves’ Mine
Creator: 3 in 1 houses, Trains, Vehicles
Bionicle: Phantoka Kopaka, Phantoka Pohatu
Racers: 1, 2, 3, 4

And a few other goodies 😉

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Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

Creator: Ferris wheel
Star Wars: Walking At-AT, UCS Millenium Falcon

And a few other goodies 😉

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It can be downloaded here. Looks like another great issue, with lots of great articles.

This marks the end of a phase of the magazine, as the last free online issue. Read more here.

Philippe Hurbain has compiled another great technical article, this time on the new Power Functions motors. With help from Didier Enjary, this article gives details of the items currently available, unofficial LDraw and LeoCAD parts, and detailed technical measurements of the new motors. Conclusion: “PF motors outperform their elders (sometimes with huge difference) in all respects except energy efficiency.”

Read the article here.