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I realize this thread is kinda old but ...does anyone know if Chris Phillips ever made his TrainLab software available? I have tried a few times to contact Chris without any success. I have been looking into automating my train layouts and would (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, FTX)
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| | NXT Inventor's Guide Book Signing in Austin, TX
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On Saturday, April 19th, I'm having a book signing at a Barnes & Noble in Austin, Texas for my book The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide (No Starch Press, 2007). The signing will begin at 2PM, and I'll be bringing two robots with me (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.tx, FTX)
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| | Release of LEJOS OSEK 2.0, It supports ANSI C/C++ application flash!
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Hi, What's new in 2.0 is: - LEJOS OSEK application can be uploaded to Flash by NXT BIOS. - NXT BIOS is a Flash boot loader and it does NOT touch the lock/security bits of AT91SAM7S. - 224Kbytes Flash and appx.50Kbytes SRAM are available for LEJOS (...) (17 years ago, 7-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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(...) Hi Roger, yes, Java can do the job, but normally I prefer pbLua for all my NXT projects. It is completely operating system independant, you need a terminal only... From time to time, I like to play with NXC, which is available for most os'es (...) (17 years ago, 6-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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(...) Hi Christian, If you need 2 dimensional arrays and use OSX, Java is a possible answer. You can download it from http: lejos.sourceforge.net. It supports up to 8 dimensional arrays, the Java math library, multi threading, communications via (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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(...) In the interest of keeping people from building gigantic unfolding contraptions that cover the entire playing field, we're going to go with NO, no expansion beyond 18x18 at ANY TIME. I will modify the rules to reflect this when I get a chance. (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, don't add the functionality on my account - I've redone my program a bit and now it doesn't need multi-dimensional arrays, and I think it's better this way anyways. Thanks for your help. Trevyn (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, John Brost wrote: <snip> (...) Hey John, This sounds exciting! RIght now I only have 1 question--when it states that the 'bot must fit in the 18 by 18, is that just when you say 'go' or trhough the entire competition? (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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(...) OK, I'll publicly make my demand louder. OSX is a great enviroment for educators... oh heck with it, I want it for me, not my students :) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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Ok folks, here we go, the official rules for Trash Wars, one of the Mindstorms events that will be held at Brickworld (June 19-22, Wheeling, IL). I think Bryan's original post called it "Garbage Wars", but I like Trash Wars better, and since I wrote (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | RE: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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Yes. It is currently a Windows only package. There's some, but not a lot, of demand for Mac version. -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Christian Mock Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 (...) (17 years ago, 1-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) RobotC is for MS Windows only, isn't it ? Please let me know, if an OSX version is available. Thanks Christian (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) The stock firmware supports multi-dimensional arrays but there is a bug in the replace opcode which makes it impossible to replace an element in an array with more than one dimension. In NXC, due to the way the opcodes work in the standard (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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As an alternative, you might want to look at the ROBOTC solution. It fully supports two dimensional arrays. You can download a 30-day evaluation version from www.robotc.net. It's best to use the pre-release version (1.22 or higher) if you'll be (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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Hello, I'm trying to use two dimensional arrays in NXC, like this: int onedarray[4]; int twodarray[4][4]; task main() { onedarray[2] = 1; twodarray[2][2] = 1; } I read that the stock firmware doesn't support them, so I got John Hansen's enhanced (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: New Mindstorms Events
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Cross posting to lugnet.robotics... (URL) Philo> (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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(...) This is my preferred RCX book too! Philo (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | What to use? brickOS? leJOS? pbForth?
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Im a programmer so language isn't an issue. What's the status of these firmware replacements? I've looked around them some and I like BrickOs but I don't see any functions in there for the IO IR Port on the RCX! Is it just a better bet to stay with (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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My son really liked the book "Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms" by Ferrari, Ferrari, and Hempel, because it teaches design principles, rather than just giving step-by-step instructions. (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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(...) Hi Jonathan, If you're looking for a great introduction to RIS 2.0 and would like some building instructions, I recommend "Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, Second Edition" by Dave Baum. If you're looking for tons of interesting ides but (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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