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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:46:25 GMT
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"Simon Bogaert" <simon.bogaert@advalvas.be>
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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 cheating... ;-) So there's nog "legal" way to hook up the
low speed IR tower (fixed A-male connector) to the NXT brick. Also, I
repeat my concerns that Lego won't be putting a host-capable USB solution in
the NXT brick. Until we have certainty about that, It's all just guesswork,
and I certainly wouldn't count on using the USB port as a means of out-bound
communications other than to a computer.
Regards, Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Bradford"
> 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.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Indeed, see this image, also clearly showing motor connectors : (URL) (from the article now available here (URL)) (...) An USB On The Go (host+slave) chip is not so expansive. But a host software stack is much more complex, and would expose (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
| | | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) You mean like one of these? ;) (URL) (...) I've read the replies to this post, but I'll respond here. As far as the cable is concerned, the plug type is irrelevant; it's just a standard. The real determination of "master" and "slave" happens (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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