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Re: Mindstorms USB connection and memory
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:18:20 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
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> Yes, you're crazy.
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> Actually, it's been suggested many times. However, it doesn't quite work
> that way.
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> With USB, there's a master device, and a slave device. The thumb drive is a
> slave device. The NXT is a slave device. You can't connect a thumb drive
> to an NXT, just like you can't connect two thumb drives together. A thumb
> drive could not request data from another drive. And, the NXT could not
> request data from a thumb drive.
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> This is a hardware issue, so you can't get around it with new firmware.
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> Sorry
> Steve
Steve,
Thanks! I was hoping it might work like the memory card in my digital camera. By
the way, when your working on the next NXT, a memory card slot would be COOL!
I can dream can't I?
Sincerely,
Todd
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| (...) Well... technically it could probably be done, using a microcontroller with integrated USB host, and some interface with mass storage added to it. But that would be a HUGE electronics/software project! Philo (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Yes, you're crazy. Actually, it's been suggested many times. However, it doesn't quite work that way. With USB, there's a master device, and a slave device. The thumb drive is a slave device. The NXT is a slave device. You can't connect a (...) (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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