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    Re: mindstorms NXT —Jordan Bradford
   (...) I thought of this yesterday. If I end up as one of the 100 people who get it early, I'll connect a LEGO USB tower to the NXT USB port and see if I can get the NXT to control the tower. I assume I'll need a USB type-A to type-B converter. As (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
   
        RE: mindstorms NXT SDK —Dick Swan
     In lugnet.robotics, Jordan Bradford wrote: On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Ross Crawford wrote: I'm hoping it's just a matter of hacking the USB driver in the Mindstorms SDK. Which SDK would that be? (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: mindstorms NXT SDK —Jordan Bradford
     (...) (URL) The Ghost communication stack and API would have to be implemented in the NXT. That's actually what I meant when I said "driver." A custom driver for the tower would probably have to be written for the tower to run from within the NXT. I (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Simon Bogaert
   If Lego obeys the USB standard and uses fullsize receptacles, it'll be a "B" type connector on the NXT. Hence, you'd need a B-male to A-female cable, which is "illegal" according to the USB standards. You might hack up your own, but that's (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Philippe Hurbain
     (...) Indeed, see this image, also clearly showing motor connectors : (URL) (from the article now available here (URL)) (...) An USB On The Go (host+slave) chip is not so expansive. But a host software stack is much more complex, and would expose (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
    
         Re: mindstorms NXT —Luca Bortolotti
     (...) Just as lego says: What is the usability of the USB port in the NXT brick? The USB port is a "slave" which means that it can only communicate with USB "master" ports, e.g. computers. The usage of the USB port is for fast download from PC to (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
   
        Re: mindstorms NXT —Jordan Bradford
   (...) You mean like one of these? ;) (URL) (...) I've read the replies to this post, but I'll respond here. As far as the cable is concerned, the plug type is irrelevant; it's just a standard. The real determination of "master" and "slave" happens (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
   
        hitechnic compass —dan miller
   I know everyone is psyched about the NXT, but on another topic-- does anyone have experience with the new compass sensor from Hitechnic? In particular, I'm wondering what chip they use, and how sensitive it is to non-horizontal placement. Also, can (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: hitechnic compass & NXT —Steve Hassenplug
   (...) I got one a little while ago. It's pretty cool. With that, and one rotation sensor, I was able to make a robot that could navigate a pre-defined course around my house. I'm not sure what chip is used, but I doubt you'll get better accuracy (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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