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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:44:31 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Davidson matthew@blank.org wrote:
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On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Yeah it woulda been nice if the new one had IR as well and be able
to control
the “legacy” bricks. I’m sure the old ones will find a myriad of
uses doing
simpler jobs like moving cows heads on train layouts ;)
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Interesting scenario. Perhaps someone can work up a homebrew
bluetooth to IR repeater. Sound crazy? I’ll believe anything after
what I’ve seen people accomplish with the RCX, extending it with
gameboys and such. I’m sure there are existing portable devices with
both bluetooth and IR that can be hacked.
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I thought of this yesterday. If I end up as one of the 100 people who get it
early, I’ll connect a LEGO USB tower to the NXT USB port and see if I can get
the NXT to control the tower. I assume I’ll need a USB type-A to type-B
converter. As for the actual control, I’m hoping it’s just a matter of hacking
the USB driver in the Mindstorms SDK.
It would be cool to control the NXT from a Gameboy Advance using Bluetooth. I’ll
maybe tackle that, too.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: mindstorms NXT SDK
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| In lugnet.robotics, Jordan Bradford wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Ross Crawford wrote: I'm hoping it's just a matter of hacking the USB driver in the Mindstorms SDK. Which SDK would that be? (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| If Lego obeys the USB standard and uses fullsize receptacles, it'll be a "B" type connector on the NXT. Hence, you'd need a B-male to A-female cable, which is "illegal" according to the USB standards. You might hack up your own, but that's (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) Interesting scenario. Perhaps someone can work up a homebrew bluetooth to IR repeater. Sound crazy? I'll believe anything after what I've seen people accomplish with the RCX, extending it with gameboys and such. I'm sure there are existing (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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