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(...) How long did you leave it plugged in? Sometimes they take a while before even the charging LEDs turn on. -- David Schilling (14 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I ordered the rechargeable battery earlier this week and it arrived yesterday. It appears to be DOA as it does nothing when plugged in amd reads 0v with a multimeter. I am using a 9v regulator from a 9v train set which I have been told will work (...) (14 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: How is this?
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(...) I can see how this can happen and it depends on the sequence of events. This sequence will cause this behavior: touched AND distance < 9 - Motor turns on touched AND distance > 9 - Motor running, waiting for distance < 9 untouched AND distance (...) (14 years ago, 23-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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One of my students built the chainsaw model from nxtprograms.com. He wanted to make the blade turn only when it was at a distance less than 9 inches from the table. So he attached an ultrasonic and made one mod to the program. The program in NXT-G (...) (14 years ago, 23-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | PC - NXT communication with C language
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Hi everybody: I would like to communicate a NXT with a PC through Bluetooth. The NXT program would be NXC, so there is no problem there since NXC provides a set of functions for BT communication. However, I need the PC program to be written in C. Is (...) (14 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Thank you for another great review/test. I've been wondering for some time if it would make sense to order the HiTechnic Colour Sensor since I already have the LEGO Colour Sensor. Now I know. Jetro (15 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(URL) A comparison between LEGO NXT 2.0 color sensor and HiTechnic color sensor V2. Read it (URL) here> Enjoy! Philo (15 years ago, 14-Nov-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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Hi, Recently, John Hansen's Enhanced Firmware version 1.28 was posted to BrixCC. I'm trying to find out if the Source Code is available for that version. The source package (URL) appears to be for the old firmware (1.06) only (as of Sept 16 2009). (...) (15 years ago, 18-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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(...) Hey all, Just a moment to brag a little. I just learned that my Flexpicker robot was featured on the MAKE magazine blog ((URL) and the Singularity Hub blog ((URL) Singularity Hub blog has some very interesting comments about DIY robotics that (...) (15 years ago, 16-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT utilities for Mac OS X
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(...) Since the nxtasy forums require that you be a member before you can download any attachments I have also uploaded the NeXT Tools Mac OS X application to my BricxCC website. There is a link to the utilities page in the NXT News section near the (...) (15 years ago, 2-Sep-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Cross posting to lugnet.robotics in case this announcement got missed in the nxt subgroup. If you use a Mac and have an NXT you might be interested in trying out the Mac versions of most of the tool windows from BricxCC. (URL) Hansen (15 years ago, 31-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I uploaded a new nxttools.zip late last night which now enables the tools to run on Tiger as well as Leopard. See my post from last night in the thread above. John Hansen (15 years ago, 28-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've posted a zip containing some very early versions of my NXT utilities (tool windows from BricxCC) for Mac OS X. Currently they appear to require Leopard to run and they also require the LEGO FANTOM drivers for Mac OS X. (URL) are GUI issues that (...) (15 years ago, 27-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It's 32-bit Win7. (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Is this the 64 bit driver issue coming up - again? Ralph (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have Windows 7 RC on my netbook and I can't get the NXT software (version 1.1) to install. It hangs when the installer presents its progress bars and starts copying files off the CD. Does the 2.0 software work with Windows 7? By the way, RIS 2.0 (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) I will try this! Thanks. (15 years ago, 26-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: refurbishing dead NXT's
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(...) Yes, that is easy, the display & keys unit can be unplugged. You'd only have to resolder the two speaker wires. (...) Yes. It doesn't make much sense to swap the motherboard, because without the LCD/keyboard and the motherboard the rest is (...) (15 years ago, 25-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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We have about 54 NXT sets. Our oldest ones, purchased just as soon as the sets were available, are now 3 years old. After about 100 running hours, they are finally giving up the ghost. Some have bad ports, others have no displays, and two are all (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: 8527 manual, instructions
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(...) Here: (URL) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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