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Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 07:36:07 GMT
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dan miller <danbmil99@yahoo.com&stopspammers&>
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--- steve <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote:
> ARM == Acorn RISC Machine
> RISC == Reduced Instruction Set Computer
> Acorn == A British company that designed and manufactured the ARM until
> one of the big companies took them over.
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> RISC computers are generally quite hard to program at the machine code
> level, but easier and more efficient for automated program compilers.
Just FYI, I programmed an ARM chip over 10 years ago (so it must have been a
less powerful one than this). The assembly code was surprisingly clean,
simple, and powerful. ARM is a great architecture. Something like BrickOS
with a GNU C compiler will make this a very powerful platform, especially in
relation to what other robotics hobby products are out there (stamp, pic,
atmel, etc)
I'm all for more powerful platforms, but at $250 there was no way they could
have gone to megabytes.
One thing I think TLG should consider, given that (acc. to some article that
was linked here) 50% or so of their market for RIS was adult hobbyists --
they should come out with a high-end product at a considerably higher price.
A $400 set with say NTX with 2 megs of ram, more pieces, maybe different
motors, would sell pretty well I think.
If they don't, then hopefully aftermarket companies can pick up the slack.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) I agree. When the RCX was found to have limitations in the enthusiast community I can't say I blamed LEGO that much. With the RCX they didn't know they were going to have a market with hobbyists anywhere near that size. Now we have the NXT. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) You forget LEGO already did that with the Scout in the Robotics Discovery Set. But perhaps it was too limited for people to want to buy it. If the NXT has a memory expansion slot inside it that would satisfy quite a few people I think. (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) It depends on the application obviously...but thinking of consumer devices that cost around the same ballpark as the NXT and which are likely to be sold in similar quantities, we have PDA's, handheld games, MP3 players and digital cameras. * (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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