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| (...) That being said, I did once load my brick up with custom firmware that made it look like a USB key - with just under 256K (yes K) of storage - not very useful, and probably the most expensive USB key ever made! Ralph (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| LEGO has posted the standard NXT firmware source code today. You can get it on the NXT'reme page: (URL) direct link to a EULA is here: (URL) Hansen (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !!
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: Mindstorms USB connection and memory
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| (...) Yes, you're crazy. Actually, it's been suggested many times. However, it doesn't quite work that way. With USB, there's a master device, and a slave device. The thumb drive is a slave device. The NXT is a slave device. You can't connect a (...) (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | NXT firmware v1.04
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| LEGO has released an update to the standard NXT firmware. Version 1.04 is now available for download. (URL) Hansen (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: NXT Firmware source code
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| (...) Flash memories all have a limited number of write cycles before they become unreliable. Usually, the on-chip write controller will "load-balance" the writes so that different memory locations all get used the same number of times, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: NXT What Programming Languages + Open source?
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| (...) Ross, I demonstrated a gcc toolchain at Brickfest this year, with a GDB stub running on the NXT and using GDB on a host PC through the USB cable. I was able to do a download and single step of a program to toggle the speaker port and generate (...) (18 years ago, 2-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: Flash Write Cycles
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| (...) Whether you reset the brick or just run the download firmware routine in the LEGO Mindstorms NXT software or in RobotC or in NBC/BricxCC you've put the brick in SAMBA mode (clicking brick mode) and the lock bits have been cycled. But I have (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Original Communications Protocol Documentation
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| Hello, I have just finished writing up my little project to discover the protocol for talking to/from the RCX. The finished document as a PDF is at: (URL) I wrote this up to facilitate communications to a PC from an RCX or Spybot with the standard (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Upgrading RCX to 2.0
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| My first Mindstorms kit is the NXT but I have found some interesting projects for the previous generation RCX. My basic question is, is the upgrade from say a RCX 1.0 or 1.5 to 2.0 just a software update via your computer or is something that has to (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | CBS (Clicking Brick Syndrome) Patch availible
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| For those of you that have come down with the crippling "Clicking Brick Syndrome", it seems that there may finally be a fix availible. Take a look at: (URL) you had this problem during a firmware update, please try this and post the results. (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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| (...) With a newly loaded firmware: C:\WINAPPS\projects\...c>nexttool /COM=x -freemem 70324 C:\WINAPPS\projects\...c>nexttool /COM=x -listfiles NVConfig.sys=1 RPGReader.sys=14346 Demo.rxe=9436 Try-Touch.rtm=3788 Try-Light.rtm=4456 Try-Sound.rtm=6864 (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: SDK for NXT
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| (...) I believe that folks at National Instruments are working on writing a document that describes the .rxe file format and the byte codes supported by the official NXT firmware's virtual machine. If I understand it correctly, the VM in the NXT (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Memory - Where did it go?
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| I got my Mindstorms NXT this past weekend and built the demo unit and then the Claw with only minor programming errors. Tonight I started using some of the various programming functions. My first program was to use the sonar and detect the presence (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Got my NXT on Wednesday
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| (I've been trying to post this message since Thursday, but still can't figure out how to do it by sending an email. Here goes trying with a web-post.) I just got my NXT in the mail yesterday. I just thought I'd post some impressions ;). Shipping & (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Microsoft Robotics Studio
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| Microsoft recently announced incremental evolution of their earlier "Robotics Studio" platform. See www.microsoft.com/pr...udioPR.msp x. Soren Lund of Lego is quoted in the press release. It appears to me that this initiative is not really (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available
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| (...) Well, yesterday I quickly tried it with just the Mindstorms 2.0 software installed, and it seemed to upload the firmware ok (firm0328.lgo), but I didn't have a chance to test any further. But today I tried to upload the firmware again, and got (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available
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| This email announces a C language programming solution for the NXT. The solution includes a comprehensive graphical IDE, C compiler, a full featured debugger, and replacement NXT firmware. It runs ina Windows environment and is available for (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics) !
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mindstorms, firmware
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| | Re: RCX Virus?
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| (...) The original firmware is a very stable piece of software. The only moment that we ever had serious problems with it was linked to our robot GASTON while being used in the same room with a 10 desktop Mindstorms robotics course. Some parasite IR (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
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