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RE: NXT What Programming Languages + Open source?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:40:42 GMT
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Nick77 <nickbaker77@gmail.#spamcake#com>
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Thanks for the info. So if I want to program in Java, am I better off getting
one of the RCX models and using something like Lejos? I'd be interested in
what people think of the NXT / RCX comparison...
Or I could try C but its been a while :-)
Cheers

Nick

Dick Swan wrote:
> 
> 
> There are currently two alternative programming solutions for the NXT.
> 
> NBC is a assembly language programming solution that is incorporated as
> part of the BricxCC development environment. It is open source. It uses
> the standard NXT firmware. See http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/
> 
> RobotC is a C programming solution available from Carnegie-Mellon
> University's Robotics Academy. It is a commercial program but can be
> downloaded and used for a 30-day evaluation period. It uses an alternate
> NXT firmware that is performance optimized for the C environment. See
> http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/robotc/
> 
> I'm not the right person to comment on which is best. As a co-developer
> of RobotC, I might be accused of bias.
> 
> 
> There's also a set of "Development Kits" available for download from the
> Lego site. Currently these are principally of use in writing PC based
> programs that communicate and control the NXT over the Bluetooth or USB
> link. There any many different "solutions" that have emerged using these
> DKs. You can find more on these by scanning the forums at nxtasy.org.
> 
> At present, Lego has not released open source firmware for the NXT. They
> have announced their intent to do so.
> 
> 

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(...) Hi Nick, You can control the NXT over Bluetooth using Java with iCommand: www.lejos.org We are working on a full blown JVM for replacement firmware on the NXT. - Brian (20 years ago, 2-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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There are currently two alternative programming solutions for the NXT. NBC is a assembly language programming solution that is incorporated as part of the BricxCC development environment. It is open source. It uses the standard NXT firmware. See (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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