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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.119)
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| (...) The LEGO Mindstorms Driver SDK is dual platform (PC and Mac). It is built upon the National Instruments NI-VISA interface. The main driver component is called Fantom. It exposes a set of C functions and C++ classes which let you communicate (...) (19 years ago, 3-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.118)
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| | Re: NXT interface
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| (...) The memory used by a program while it is running is not the same memory used for storing the program (flash). There isn't any way that I know of at this point to find out how much memory a program uses while it is running or how much of (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.116)
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| | Mindstorms.NET Request for Comments
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| I've been working with José David Parra on the next version of his (URL) RCX.NET> project, because 1.) the NXT system is coming out, and 2.) RCX.NET is basically a .NET wrapper of Spirit.ocx, which means it's not so nice to program with. Another (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout, FTX)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.113)
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mindstorms
(score: 1.112)
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| | Programming the RCX
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| My son and I are new to the group (and to Mindstorms) so I don't know if this has been covered recently... I'd be very interested in learning the pros and cons of different programming options for the RCX. I'm currently using NQC but don't have a (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.110)
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| | robolab 2.9
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| LEGO just announced Robolab 2.9: (URL) last version of ROBOLAB is designed to support RCX users and east the transition to the NXT system. This upgrade enables you to program the NXT brick with ROBOLAB. In addition, ROBOLAB 2.9 features new firmware (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.107)
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| | Help me improve the Wikipedia article about Mindstorms?
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| The Wikipedia article about Lego Mindstorms ((URL) is really paltry on the details. There's nothing in there about Spybotics, or Cybermaster, or Micro Scout, or the improvements in the RCX firmware releases, or how the RCX can control the Scout, or (...) (19 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.105)
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| | Re: What's the latest RCX firmware?
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| Thanks to Michael Barrett Andersen for helping me find the answer: the latest firmware is version 0328, and is available as part of the Mindstorms 2.5 SDK, which is downloadable freely from Lego. (19 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.103)
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| | aiuto rcx italiano
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| salve a tutti del forum! ho di recoente aquistato un rcx 1,5. c'è qulcuno di voi che ha comprato mindstorms di recente e abbia una versione in italiano del programma costructopedia? grazie in anticipo per chi mi puo aiutare p.s. grazie mario per il (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.102)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.096)
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| | Re: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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| (...) TLG must provide software (firmware) that's "Bullet-Proof" for kids. (most of their users) I prefer a faster version of the firmware, which is why I use BrickOS. These appear mutually exclusive. Is that different from what you're talking (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.092)
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| | Re: Using NXT in a name - legal?
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| (...) Is the RCX.NET project's name technically a trademark violation? I just started working with José David Parra on a redesign of his original namespace, so now maybe he'll have to rename it, too. :) What's LEGO's position on code namespaces, (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.090)
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| | Re: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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| (...) What is the output of the NXT graphical programming environment? I mean the NXT could already have a JIT type execution environment already whereby the graphical IDE generates pseudo-code ("bytecode") and the firmware on the NXT does the (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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| | Re: Why [no single language] is good for Mindstorms
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| (...) The RIS v2.0 software actually DID save files in "Mindscript", which is a text language. I suspect they won't go that direction again, because it just wasn't that popular. (...) ... (...) Sorry if I wasn't clear. TLG must provide FIRMWARE (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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| | Re: What I would do (2)
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| (...) I would be in favor of having a port of BrickOS for NXT (instead of having another thing to learn). I'm not gonna throw away my RCXs and I would prefer having similar languages for both bricks. Yes programmers would need to know the nuances (...) (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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| | RE: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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| (...) Wrong :) For two reasons: - a JIT is quite complex if you want to really gain something and requires too much memory (remember the NXT only has 64 KB of RAM); - JIT and real-time are not good friends... On top of that, a carefully implemented (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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| | Re: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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| (...) Well my understaing of JIT compiler is that its a part of the actual runtime so I'm not sure how it would be on the PC?! Though you got me thinking (dangerous), perhaps the best way to program the NXT is not to run a binary but instead use an (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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| | Re: Why java is (not) bad for Mindstorms
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| (...) One possibility would be to have a compiler that compiles NXT graphical code into ARM code, or NXT executable into ARM code (kind of like a Java just in time compiler). This would bypass the interpreter of the firmware and potentially give you (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.089)
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mindstorms, firmware
(score: 1.087)
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