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The Edu Set has two 1x13 Technic Beams, (URL) The models presented in all the curriculum materials are absolutely dependent on these 1x13 beams. Bottom line, a missing 1x13 beam causes students a lot of grief, consternation, discouragement, (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: nbc gives error for SendRemoteString
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(...) This is caused by a typo bug in the NXTDefs.h header that I accidentally introduced in beta 32. If you are running on a Windows box you can download a pre-release of beta 33 from the test_release.zip on the BricxCC page. I will have beta 33 up (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | nbc gives error for SendRemoteString
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Hi, has there been an undocumented change in the last nbc? I have some programs that use SendRemoteString and I cannot compile them any more (they compile with older versions). This minimal prog: ---...--- task main() { string out; out="String"; (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Source Code Changes in NXT Firmware Version 1.05
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(...) The changes between 1.03 and 1.04 are far more extensive than the changes from 1.04 and 1.05, if you lump the support for ADPCM compression into a single change (which involves c_sound.c, d_sound.c, d_sound.h, d_sound.r, d_sound_adpcm.r, and (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Source Code Changes in NXT Firmware Version 1.05
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I haven't seen it previously mentioned but the open source firmware for version 1.05 is downloadable from the LEGO Mindstorms web site. I did a WINDIFF on the various source files to see what has changed in this release. I then manually examined the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Ultrasonic sensor calibration settings
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Hi, Has anyone tried using the standard NXT Ultrasonic sensor calibration settings? I've been doing a little work on the leJOS i2c interface and although I can read both the factory default values and the current settings I do not seem to be able to (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: ARM Assembly Language Programming on NXT?
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Hi T.C. (...) aha. I just programmed some startup and interrupt wrapper code (the rest is C), so I didn't get into the higher reaches of macros etc. Jürgen (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: ARM Assembly Language Programming on NXT?
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(...) Sorry, I found a more recent version, but it's still missing some parts on the ARM architecture: (URL) also found the following Intro guide (which is better than nothing): (URL) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: ARM Assembly Language Programming on NXT?
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Hi Juergen, Thanks for replying. (...) Thanks for the info. My goal is to run and debug ARM assembly language programs executing in RAM. I was not familiar with the NXT, so currently I'm looking at the on-board capabilities. I realized after some (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: ARM Assembly Language Programming on NXT?
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Hi T.C., (...) I have an AT91SAM7S-EK here, it has 4 LEDs and 4 touch buttons. It should also be fairly easy to write a driver for one of the serial ports (polling would suffice for a start). On the NXT the only I/O that is easy to use with the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | NXT Power Programming
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I’d like to officially announce that Variant Press will soon publish my new book, NXT Power Programming. It should be available November 7th. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com or Variant Press. I hope everyone who purchases a copy of NXT Power (...) (17 years ago, 11-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT 1.1
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(...) Thanks Matthias, I did read that discussion; but I hadn't realized the people who said they called actually received it for free. My understanding was that they were in countries were it's listed as "not available yet" (such as Germany or (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT 1.1
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Thanks Philo, I should have thought to check nxtasy on the subject. Looks like there are a lot of improvements; but then again what interests me most is full support of my computer, which the current software doesn't provide. A patch, in short. On (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT 1.1
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There has been an according post on THE NXT STEP one week ago ((URL) a lot of comments of users there state that they have received it free of charge. I also do not understand why it is not available in Germany - that's ludicrous for an (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Power Functions presentation
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(...) I did it, I'll try to update my page with some internal photos. (...) The battery box delivers power through power lines (used by IR receiver) if the switch is not in neutral position, and C1 C2 whose polarity depends on switch position (and (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT 1.1
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(...) You are not alone thinking that: (URL) there are indeed a lot of improvements: (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Power Functions presentation
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:JpHqA1.FM@lugnet.com... (...) built internally? Your page seemed to suggest that someone had actually taken them apart, but there was no more information on there. Apart from the obvious (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic)
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| | Mindstorms NXT 1.1
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Hi, I don't think I've seen it here yet, but apparently LEGO is finally releasing version 1.1 of the NXT software. It will be available on Shop@Home: (URL) So far it seems it's not available in all countries yet, but a phone call might work. To me (...) (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | robo soccer
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I wonder if there is anyone who has experience with the following book: RoboCup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) I have a group of students are working on robosoccer game using nxt with RobotC. Recommendation? (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) You are right, the main limitation probably comes from wall wart... You are essentially right for the 0.7A current (though it is not hard limit, rather a safety one). Philo (17 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.trains)
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