 | | Re: What do these macros do?
|
|
(...) John - if you've got someone's ear in this, could you also see if a GCC build of the firmware can be released? I know LEGO are unlikely to use GCC themselves as they can afford more specialised tools, but so far, I don't see much of a (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: another comparison
|
|
Hi Claude, (...) do you have the DFT algorithm in some programming language like Java or C? I'm just guessing, but maybe it could also be useful for speech recognition? Or maybe telling the cat from the dog? (The sound sensor should be usable as a (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: What do these macros do?
|
|
(...) It is possible to write to the popup buffer but only by using the IOMap routine (SetDisplayPopup). The regular system calls which write to the LCD all write to the normal display memory. Unfortunately, as Dick Swan suggested, the current NXT (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
(...) Awesome! Great videos! BTW if you want to know how to make bigger tires, try inserting old school 1" Lego tires into the crevices around the large grey "hula hoops" from the star wars kit. This will make tires at least 8" (20 cm) in diameter (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
(...) That actually doesn't address the real problem. The NXT has a "dongle" built-in, so it can receive the Bluetooth messages. It just can't understand what it reads. The NXT requires a very specific message format, and that's not what the mouse (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
(...) The problem is the NXT is a USB-slave device: it does not provide either the power (5V) or the communications ability to run a BT dongle (this is a seperate issue from the "shape" of the USB port: that's just a bit of hardware shaping to keep (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
(...) Thank you for answering :-) How about putting a Bluetooth-Dongle to NXT? It will receive HID signal, but dongle will translate the signal into NXT-usable one. I think it will work, how do you think? (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
We had (URL) a discussion about this earlier> when I asked about my Nintendo Wii remote. The only way this is going to work right now is as you suggested: (...) You'll have to write a program that lives on your computer that will relay the messages (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
(...) I would like to hope so. Those mounting holes would seem perfect to secure rubber cleats to, especially with the ridges on the hard plastic tread underneath. That one piece woulkd change them from semi-decorative to fully robotic functional (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
(...) This is not an easy thing to do. While the mouse may support bluetooth, the signals are not the same as what the NXT is expecting. The mouse sends Human Interface Device (HID) signals, while the NXT expects Serial Port Protocal (SPP). Simply (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
|
|
Is it possible to control an NXT with Bluetooth device(such as mouse) directly? I watched a video clip from youtube (URL) I want my NXT to do that :-) I read 'Bluetooth Developer Pack'(or whatever it is) and it says NXT requires to receive certain (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: What do these macros do?
|
|
(...) Is it possible to write in the display popup buffer? So that we can do double buffering? I made some quick tests, but it seems the drawing routines always write in the normal display buffer... Julien (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:JCBttB.GEJ@lugnet.com... (...) I see. I wonder if we'll ever see some kind of rubber plug-in outer surface for these treads? Since they already have mounting holes, it only remains to figure (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
(...) Yes, and no. The problem is they are hard plastic with ridges, so if a tread ridge catches on a rough portion of the surface, they push fine... but if the surface is smooth, they'll just slide (very low coefficient of friction). The width is (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
"Geoffrey Hyde" <g.hyde@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:JCAxx2.8KF@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) forgot to include the URL of the set I was talking about. Here is is above. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:JCAvs8.H94@lugnet.com... (...) Have you considered using the new 5-wide treads found in the new Technic Snowmobile? They seem a lot more suited to driving over most surfaces with their added (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
|
|
(...) The more I thought about this, the more I liked this idea: I wanted to make a really high-mobility vehicle, but the problem with wheels is they are really stopped by steps greater than their own radius (well, partially, ignoring pushing from (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Re: NXC News
|
|
(...) Great sites! I have asked Danny Benedettelli to put together an NXC Tutorial based on the existing NQC Tutorial and NBC Tutorial. He's making great progress on that so it should be available soon. And I'm feverishly working on finishing the (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
|
| |
| | Re: NXC News
|
|
(...) Matthias, you forgot the other german Workshops and FAQ's ;-) FAQ, Workshop und Tutorial zu NXC gibt es hier: (URL) FAQ, Workshop zu pbLua (URL) Regards Christian (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
|
| |
| | Re: NXC News
|
|
Someone sent me a link today to what I guess is one of the first existing tutorials for NXC, at least the first one in German (please correct me if I'm wrong): (URL) if this here allegedly is an "American forum" (HOOOTS!), it might be of interest (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
|
