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Regarding the question of some constant overhead plus some increment per block, the sound block example given computes to 0.5 kb overhead plus 0.2 kb per block. Edwin Tripp tripp@oclc.org -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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A new newsgroup/list lugnet.robotics.nxt has been created for the focused discussion of LEGO NXT issues. Feel free to crosspost between .robotics / .robotics.rcx and .robotics.nxt, as appropriate, or just to .robotics if you feel your topic is of a (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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| | Re: NXT newsgroup needed
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I still think it would be a good idea to have a separate NXT group. -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is absolutely true. (*1) I went on vacation a week ago Wednesday, and was REALLY hoping mine would get here before I left. It didn't. But sure enough, as soon as I had left, and didn't care about whether it came this week or next, it (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Midwest Robolab conference in Wichita, KS - July 15 early registration ends
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Wichita State University is hosting a Workshop on Robolab Programming and LEGO MINDSTORMS this August 6-8. The keynote speaker is Chris Rogers, the inventor of Robolab Programming, and we will have national experts on different aspects of LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings all, Dave here. I'm making a quick post to remove some of the confusion I may have inflicted on the community. I am assisting this year with gbc, not coordinating. Steve, Bryan, Brian, John, et. al. will still lead the pack like last year. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RCX vs NXT for FIRST?
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As a coach of 5 years experience it depends on what your focus is...if it is educational - stick with RCX as the NXT takes away a lot of problem solving and thus learning on gear ratio's and motor strength. If it is simply to win - use the NXT. Our (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) By "block" I mean a NXT-G code block as dropped from a pallet. Yep, you would think that these things would compile down to a single bytecode (or a few bytecode sequences), but they don't. There is an awful lot going on under the hood, and (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks. I'll fix the list later today to show tested / untested, and review the entries that have been added... didn't get to do that yesterday. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) By "Block" you mean a simple operation like and add or a multiply or turning on a motor or reading a sensor? These 'blocks' ought to be turned into little interpreted byte-code segments - it's hard to imagine how a block could possibly take up (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Once you delete a lot of the "Try me" and on-brick programming stuff, this jumps up to (IMS) 120k+ or so. Still not ideal (yeah, I'd like a Mb of memory as well :-), but much better. As to what to delete, I've taken everything off but the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thank's for setting up that list. Is there a way to tell if an adapter has been tried and doesn't work, or just hasn't been tried? Note that I did get he Kensington to work on XP and OS X as you can see from my later post. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I got my Mindstorms NXT this past weekend and built the demo unit and then the Claw with only minor programming errors. Tonight I started using some of the various programming functions. My first program was to use the sonar and detect the presence (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I recall reading about Steve's ideas of sectors to handle downed modules. Is this a given or some optional aspect? I would think it would be mandatory. I think at this point, I'm going with the KISS plan, but I'm trying to learn as much as (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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(...) <sigh> This is why one of designs I mentioned had a second, variable output. One in::two out. If the input rate was say 3 bps, then the two outputs would be equal to 3 (in this case) 1bps and 2bps. I didn't give a very detailed explanation of (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi In article <004e01c6a0b2$1ecc34...kdesktop>, Dick Swan <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> wrote (...) This, folks, is what you must shop for. (...) I am sure that everyone interested in the Lego NXT, especially so early in the release cycle, is optimistic (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I can confirm the Targus USB Bluetooth 2.0 adapter with EDR (model # ACB10US) works on the PC. $30 at Staples. The adapter is Mac-compatible, but I don't have a Mac to test the NXT connectivity. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Puzzling About NXT
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(...) Well, most of what I've been doing is playing with the software (and beta testing - that takes some time as well) and learning new tricks etc. But if you want new, have you looked at "meet the MDP" and the invention gallery? (URL) I posted (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) A simple explaination: the rate in must equal the rate out, or the bucket overflows. Period. (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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(...) This is what Steve and I call "clocker" modules, and they have always been present. Here's a good example of Steves: (URL) can also redirect the output to a number of directions and heights. Very useful, in fact critical for the trains, as (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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