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Does anyone know whether the NXT brick can use USB-supplied power rather than its own batteries while connected? It'd be nice during experimenting and hacking, but I'd guess it doesn't... (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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(...) If I understand what you mean, yes, you can make an arrangement of modules that satisfys the GBC spec input/output as a whol, even though they don't individually. That's fine (like Rafe's "supermodule", for instance). But then the individual (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: thoughts on gbc module reliability
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John Brost writes: > The idea of the spec was so that EVERY module could be put ANYWHERE > in the GBC and it would all work. In the past, this has been bent > so that modules that can't handle large batches are not placed > downstream of a batch- (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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(...) I'm not certain, but I think the file size will be basically the same for each resample option since the result is an 8k 8 bit mono file. There may be slight differences. The higher quality options (in quality order from top to bottom) may be (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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Wow, what a wealth of information. Thanks for the great detail. I am already using the Wav2Rso program but did not know enough about sound files to understand the convertion options. Which option gives you the smallest converted file? In your other (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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(...) Now that you mention it - does anyone have experience with the built-in Bluetooth solution(s) that come with recent-day Macs? I've got an iBook G4 w/ Bluetooth and will get a new MacBook pro later this year, it would just be great to know (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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Steve Hassenplug writes: > Here's a bit of a jumpstart for the list. I've collected this list over the > last couple months from the MDP. They are all reported to work. Do list members want me to throw this information up on (URL) ? Or is there a (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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(...) Everything in NXT-G is a block that you drag and drop onto your program. All blocks in NXT-G are LabView Virtual Instruments (VIs). Some blocks expand into a loop construct. Others expand into a switch construct. They often represent (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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(...) With a newly loaded firmware: C:\WINAPPS\projects\...c>nexttool /COM=x -freemem 70324 C:\WINAPPS\projects\...c>nexttool /COM=x -listfiles NVConfig.sys=1 RPGReader.sys=14346 Demo.rxe=9436 Try-Touch.rtm=3788 Try-Light.rtm=4456 Try-Sound.rtm=6864 (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX vs NXT for FIRST?
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(...) If it is a what to buy question I would say NXT. The RCX will be obsolete in a few years. If you already have an RCX kit use it! I have been a coach for three years and each each we have added an RCX kit. I will still use the RCX kits to do (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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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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| | New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.nxt
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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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| | Re: Have you got your NXT yet?
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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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| | Mea Culpa
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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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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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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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| | RE: NXT compatible bluetooth adapters
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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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| | Re: Memory - Where did it go?
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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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