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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:22:34 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mike Walters wrote:
> 1) I'm stunned by this announcement!
Don't worry, that has nothing to do with you being new to all this - we all
are! Well, all but a luckey few...
> The existing RIS/RCX system does appear to be abandoned,
> but Mindstorms lives on.
I doubt it will be completely abandoned. After all, the first thing I want is
to kludge a way to interface a NXT with and RCX, and use all my existing stuff.
Even if LEGO makes it completely non-backwards-compatible, that doesn't mean we
(AFOLs) will let it stay that way! Second, I wonder if this means FLL will try
to switch. If so, great for the new product... if not, there will be at least
some continued support.
> It appears that the NXT does not allow parallel connection
> of sensors in this way.
Maybe, but that might just be a case of needing to make some connector blocks
for the sensor wires. It might come down to a question of if the NXT uses
digital or analog inputs, and we don't know yet.
> it won't be as simple as just plugging multiple ones in to a
> single port.
It could if they're analog. I fear we'll have to wait and see.
> I still think it would be cool to build robots that use both the
> RCX and the NXT. I mean, if you've got the RCX and all those sensors,
> why not use them?
Absolutely! I just hope the eBay market price drops so I can get RCXs cheaper
;-). That said, yeah, inter-brick communication is going to be a high priority
for me.
> I wonder if there will be Technic parts kits made available
> specifically for expanding NXT?
I have a theory on that - expanssion packs are called "everything that LEGO
produces ;-). Seriously, one place I'd love to see things headed is to LEGO
Factory NXT... oh, just the idea... :-).
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) I threw my name in as one of the 100 early testers (who here hasn't :) and one of the questions was on FLL involvement, and a willingness to write FLL documentation. That leads me to think that they are definitely considering extending the NXT (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'm embarrassingly new to Mindstorms. My first Mindstorms system (RIS 2.0) was purchased just two weeks ago. I'm still very much a novice. With that in mind...I have a few observations/questions of my own: 1) I'm stunned by this announcement! After (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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