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Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:05:29 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> I digress...... I just can't see how LEGO could make any money developing
> their own custom chip, or pack the memory and compute capabiltities of an entire
> PC inside an NXT, given the extremely small volumes of NXTs that will be sold.
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> My 2c.
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> Kev
Agreed! And if they did come up with a PC in a brick, you'd have to put new
batteries in it every few minutes :)
JB
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| Kevin L. Clague wrote: > What you need to do is to make a dongle for your laptop PC > with 8G DRAM, a 1 terabyte hard disk, that gives you an infinite > number of LEGO NXT compatible motor ports and sensor ports. > > You will probably have to drill (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Benton, In the world of electronics it is typically cheaper to buy what you need off the shelf than it is to create your own custom chip, unless you are going to have extremely high volume sales. When it costs $100,000 or more to fabricate a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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