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| Hi All, Last weekend, I finally had some spare time and took the opportunity to program my RCX with NQC. Sure beats the heck out the RCX code! However, I had some problems downloading the firmware before I could download my code. I used the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: legOS
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| (...) I'll jump in here and take a shot. One definition of software vs firmware is that firmware talks directly to the hardware (setting bits in registers etc) while software doesn't. This is related to another possible definition that firmware is, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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| Hi, you can see the firmware version of the file just b_e_f_o_r_e you load it into the RCX. This would spend a lot of time because every firmware download needs more than 4 minutes with normal download speed. In the newer versions the firmware (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX2 Firmware?
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| How do I get the "RCX2" firmware into my RCX? I have a RIS 1.5, and would like to program to the RCX2 API as defined in the RcxCC IDE's documentation. Thanks... (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: swan firmware motor problem
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| I will post latest firmware on web site soon. -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Gustavo Brinck Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 7:27 PM To: lugnet.robotics.rcx....lugnet.com (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Libri, Java e aiuto
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| Ciao Dino, (...) A parte la lentezza e l'enorme spazio occupato dal firmware, che vantaggi ha? :-))) (...) Scherzi, vero? :-))) Colgo l'occasione per chiedere al Team Italy quale firmware si intenda usare. NQC con firmware Standard NQC con firmware (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: stop task
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| (...) It is not a rather awkward option, imho. That's like saying breaking out of an infinite loop using a flag is awkward and that it would be better to have some form of stop loop keyword that you could use from outside the loop instead. Is it (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Custom firmware crashing on boot
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| Hey, I'm new here, so if I seem like a n00b, it's probably because I am. Hopefully my question won't be too annoying. I'm trying to use the NXTGCC 0.0.9 package as a starting point for custom firmware. The main point of my custom firmware is to swap (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Drive types
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| (...) Rosco is correct. The standard NXT firmware uses a completely different execution model than the old RCX firmware uses. The NXT firmware does not provide any mechanism at all for starting and stopping threads. The only mechanism is to define (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Custom Firmware, IR Problems, and Dead RCXs (long)
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| (...) If you are interested I put together a simple device that allows the tower and RCX to communicate (wires now but I hope to do wireless). I used Radio Shack IR lights and receivers –catalog numbers 276-145A and 276-143C, as well as a couple of (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Firmware Speed
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| Firstly, thanks very much for that detailed answer. That was exactly the information I was looking for. Somewhere in the thread it was suggested that each task gets one opcode executed every 3ms, actually, as you show, they all get one opcode (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Firmware Problem
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| I installed the software on the computer and firmware on the RCX. Since then, my CD drive has crashed and I changed the batteries on the RCX. Now, I cannot load programs again because the software says to re-install the Firmware on the RCX. However, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spawning threads in NBC
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| (...) Just to clarify, NXT-G doesn't have a thread scheduler. NXT-G is a just a graphical programming language, not a firmware or a virtual machine. The standard NXT firwmare implements a virtual machine which has a thread scheduler. The name of the (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: deleting legOS firmware fails
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| Take the batteries out for a couple minutes so the firmware erases. Then, reload as necessary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hecke Schrobsdorff" <hecke@ihateunwanted...s.gwdg.de> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Firmware storage.
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| STARRWARSS@aol.com writes: > Anywho, what exactly does the RCX use to store the Firmware? ROM. Hard-coded, can't change it, ROM. That's okay, of course, because all it has in it is a program loader and a few simple programs. (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Custom Firmware, IR Problems, and Dead RCXs (long)
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| Hi all, Just a couple a quick comments on this thread - I'm a firmware design engineer who's done lots of work with IrDA. I don't, however, have any experience with the internals of the RCX or the IR Tower, other than owning them and reading this (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | V2. Firmware questions
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| If I download and install the new firmware in my RCX, will the RCX code programming application be updated as well, to use the new firmware? (You know, the program where you add little pieces together to form a program) Or do I need a special (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Firmware RIS2.0 Linux
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| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, 1). If the firmware file is located in a WinZip archive, you can just use the "unzip" command under Linux. You can also mount a Windows CD-Rom in Linux and look browse it like a normal filesystem. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Firmware download troubles
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| (...) Look at Edit/Preferences. On the General tab is a checkbox labeled "Use fast mode when downloading firmware" You can uncheck that option to use normal speed firmware downloads via BricxCC. John Hansen (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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