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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 7 Jan 2006 06:56:59 GMT
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Original-From:
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William Grant <tanarrifujitsu@#avoidspam#optusnet.com.au>
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Ka-On Lee wrote:
> NXT Spec From
> <http://www.lego.com/eng/service/faqs.asp?section=ConsumerService-FAQ-Products&catid=E8D0CD47-16B8-4B2F-900C-8FC40C163598&faqid=17262#17262
> LEGO Service FAQ>
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> • 32-bit ARM7 microprocessor¬
> • 256 Kbytes FLASH, 64 Kbytes RAM¬
> • 8-bit microprocessor¬
> • 4 Kbytes FLASH, 512 Byte RAM¬
> • Bluetooth wireless communication¬
> • USB 2.0 port¬
> • 4 input ports, 6 wire digital platform¬
> • 3 output ports, 6 wire digital platform¬
> • Dot matrix display 60 x 100 pixels¬
> • Loudspeaker – 8 KHz sound quality¬
> • Power, 6 AA Batteries¬
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> Some flash is nice but 64K RAM is just too little. We can forget about doing
> voice processing.
64K RAM!? That's absolutely ludicrous! The RCX has 32kb entirely of
programmable memory (if I remember correctly), and that is just alright.
64kb is not much space to work in at all in this era!
Anyway, a dot-matrix display is nice, as is Bluetooth (especially as it
can communicate between robots), and should be significantly more
reliable than Infrared (albeit probably more power hungry).
William.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) Actually, 64K of RAM is quite a bit. You have to remember that with the RCX you had 32K for everything. With the NXT all of the program code will go into (and run directly from) the 256K of flash -- this includes things that take up the most (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
| | | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| I am not very familiar with the NXT platform but as it sounds now could you possibly plug a USB Flash memory stick into the USB port (or connector) on the NXT and use it for data storage? - John (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| NXT Spec From (URL) Service FAQ> • 32-bit ARM7 microprocessor • 256 Kbytes FLASH, 64 Kbytes RAM • 8-bit microprocessor • 4 Kbytes FLASH, 512 Byte RAM • Bluetooth wireless communication • USB 2.0 port • 4 input ports, 6 wire digital platform • 3 (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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