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(...) Hi John, and thanks! Being one of the unlucky ones that only just got hold of a NXT, I can see I have lots to catch up on, and BricxCC has been my development tool of choice on the RCX for quite a while now. I hope I haven't got too far (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So you give interviews while driving through mountains? Talk about multi-tasking... (...) broken. Overall, it's a pretty nice article. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when folks like this open up a NXT. (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Anybody else get some reasonable video of all or part of the GBC? (URL) you browse the rest, there's some other BrickFest stuff in there, but not the standing Droidy as yet). (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) So bar power requirements, what is the addressing range of that? It would be cool to be able to daisy chain elements, and jsut add additional power where needed. (...) Each device having its own micro explains the expense, I take it that only (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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On Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:03 AM danny staple wrote: "Question - does anyone know how many output or input modules could be attached, and if there are any plans for seperate motor control boards? I strongly agree with Brian that having the motor (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Wanna know what I did on my way to BrickFest? (URL) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hmm - sorry I was not clear there, I meant are there any plans to *sell* the boards seperate from the kit. Doh.. Danny (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> I like the idea of this, the modules are neat. I have blogged it on OrionRobots (URL) - does anyone know how many output or input modules could be attached, and if there are any plans for seperate motor control boards? I strongly agree (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Huh. That's kind of neat. It seems to run at least two tasks, and I like a lot of the output options (having the motor driver seperate from the brain is a good idea). It even has a text-based language option, and runs on both major platforms. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | RE: TLG & MIT Media Labs spawn another product: PicoCricket
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Dennis Williamson said: "It's $250. I'd buy a Nxt and spend ten or twenty bucks at the craft store instead." Yes. But you're an adult and not the target market. The NXT and PICO cricket are two different products with different target market (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) See their own news page at: (URL) a number of entries from Google: (URL) $250. I'd buy a Nxt and spend ten or twenty bucks at the craft store instead. (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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I have posted an early beta of an OLE automation object which can be used to communicate with various LEGO programmable bricks (such as the NXT). For the NXT is relies on the Fantom SDK which can be downloaded from the LEGO NXTreme page. A sample (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Since I last posted, I have finished (?) the implementation of Templates for all the supported programming languages in BricxCC. Templates for each language are stored in separate <Language Name>_templates.txt files in the Default sub-directory (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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So, we started investigating more deeply the inverted pole challenge. As usual, everything will be uploaded as a journal on our web-site : (URL) suggestions? or Found mistakes? (19 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I searched news, and didn't see any mention of this ... (URL) PicoCricket> From the website: "The PicoCricket Kit is similar to the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ robotics kits. MINDSTORMS is designed especially for making robots, while the PicoCricket Kit is (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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I have uploaded a new test release of Bricx Command Center (BricxCC) today. It will be officially released, if all goes well, in the next week or so. But you can get it now if you'd like to be able to use several more tool windows with your NXT. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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All, All that and no a/c either. This 98 degree heat has finally killed my central air unit, and we are running hot! We need a new one and the server will need to be taken off line for a short while. I'll post a follow up to this message after I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've been conjuring up some Python bindings around fantom. Would like to bypass the driver and use USB/BT directly (esp. for unix) but no luck so far. If anyone wants to contribute to this or get access to what I have so far please respond. -dbm (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Unfortunately, the Fantom driver library does not wrap the Direct Command functionality (i.e., the portion which lets you read sensor values and control motors) in a high level API. You still have to build the buffer and extract values from (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The Driver SDK (URL) provides a C interface as well as a C++ interface. You could call this C interface from VB to communicate with the NXT. geoff (19 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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