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intro and question
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:58:15 GMT
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Laura O'Grady <l.ogrady@/stopspam/sympatico.ca>
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Hello everyone!
I have been semi-lurking on the list for a few months, with the occasional
post. I have only recently gotten into Mindstorms and wanted to ask about
moving on to another language to program the RCX with. I have no
programming skills whatsoever so I am requesting the sage advice of the
list on which direction I should go.
I have done a bit of research and was able to find a demo version of
ROBOLAB. This version works only with a serial IR and I have the USB
version. Plus I really didn't think the interface was all that great so I
deleted it.
So now I am considering purchasing either "Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to
LEGO Mindstorms" to learn NCQ or "Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming: Unleash
the Power of the Java Platform" by Brian Bagnall to learn JAVA. I just
ran a quick search and found this interesting article called
"Ada/Mindstorms 3.0: A Computational Environment for Introductory Robotics
and Programming" (found at
http://www.faginfamily.net/barry/Papers/IEEERA.htm). In this article the
author advises that NQC is difficult for the novice programmer to learn and
use.
So now I am concerned about going the NQC route. Maybe I should try this
Ada/Mindstorms software. Any thoughts? Also what is the relationship
between RcxCC and NQC? Thanks.
Laura
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: intro and question
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| I'd suggest you stick with something that uses the "standard" firmware. That basically limits you to Robolab, the Lego software, Gordon's Brick Programmer or NQC (I think). Gordon's Brick Programmer might be a handy few hour adventure into what all (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: intro and question
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| Regarding my own post quoted below, this was originally made a couple of months ago, June 14th to be exact. I don't know why it has reappeared now, a hiccup somewhere I guess. No need to reply, I have already made my decision to go with NQC. Thanks (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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