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Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 7 Jan 2006 01:00:18 GMT
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> It is unlikely that Java would be an option, as implementing a Java VM
> would create massive overhead. Java is not ideal for low powered,
> embedded devices. C would not require any VM, as it is compiled into
> native machine code.
GCC already contains a backend for the ARM7 CPU used in the NXT (the tech
specs on the lego page say its an ARM7) so, assuming TLC releases the
hardware specs somehow (or someone reverse engineers them and figures them
out which is quite likely), it should be possible to use GCC to program the
NXT (the ARM7 is a common CPU for embedded devices, ARM CPUs are found in
things like mobile phones, PDAs and also the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo
DS consoles)
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| (...) The ARM7 is in the GameBoy - but the ARM7 that's in the Nintendo DS is only used for running GameBoy games. It uses the more powerful ARM9 for native games. But there is already a Linux port to the ARM7 - if the NXT has enough memory and some (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (...) Doesn't it say that a LabVIEW derivative will be used? Something like RoboLab is better than the previous Mindstorms software, but surely they will make it easy to do proper programming? It is (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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