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  Re: Any experience with measuring rotations?
 
(...) I am not rally an NXT guru, but seems the best way would be to simply measure the distance and calculate the angle. Tommy Armstrong (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Any experience with measuring rotations?
 
(...) Don't mess with colors. Just use a gradient. You'll have a mostly linear set of values. With my black & white studs, there are also several shades of gray in between (like a little black & mostly white...) (...) no. :) Steve (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Any experience with measuring rotations?
 
(...) "It's foolproof!" (...) This sounds like a good idea. I'm thinking I'm going to have to work out a sequence of more than just two shades, but that's what weekends are for, right? So, if I could make of sequence of colors that have increasing (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Any experience with measuring rotations?
 
(...) Easy. A light sensor. Point the sensor at a disk that's shaded from white to black. I've used that to detect the distance a robot is from a wall (wall following), using just a black & a white dot (1x1) which are moved in front of the sensor. (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Any experience with measuring rotations?
 
Hi all, I am working on a "project" where I want to measure some reasonably small rotations, things on the order of +/- 10 degrees or less. Just to make it hard, the force acting on the thing being rotated is small, like, completely hypothetically, (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Like A Rock Crawler Hauler
 
(...) Very cool Steve... I can also atest the turn radius will stink since I did the same mod to the red tow truck set last year. You said you are using old style light sensors...Interfacing them to the NXT with the converter cables I assume? B (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) Nothing, it restarts back to blank screen, samba clicking mode. (...) Same thing. I also tried pulling the batteries for a few seconds. Telling USB Probe to refresh. 100 different combinations of resetting with and without usb plugged in, (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) Tony, thanks for the work so far. What happens if, after the firmware is loaded you do any of the following: 1. Reset the NXT (press reset for less than 1 second) 2. Unplug the USB cable, wait 5 seconds, and plug it back in again (...) Here's (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
Here are my notes on what I've been able to accomplish so far in OSX on my MacBookPro. Loading pbLua firmware on nxt running standard firmware: 1. plugin usb 2. rename nxt-lua.bin to nxt-lua.rfw 3. open NXT-G, goto Tools -> Update NXT Firmware. (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Apology
 
(...) Uh, Dave. Aren't you an american? Last time I checked, Canada was on the top of the north American continent :^P Kevin (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) Ralph, I can wait for API-docs 8-) In the meantime I try to find out how USB-communication (with libusb and terminalemulation) can work on OSX (10.4.x) and Linux. Is the NXT acting like an USB-Modem (asynchronous communication) What are the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) I think pbLua is actually running. The problem is that the signon screen does not get displayed until the USB connection is made. Which is why I need to find out how USB enumeration happens on a Mac. The pbLua firmware makes the NXT look like (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) I'm still building and finalizing the API. I should probably start posting some questions on this forum... Eventually I'd like to get the API and the Lua table out there but I need to get docs set up. If you can help with install instructions (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Like A Rock Crawler Hauler
 
We've been playing around with Rock Crawlers for a while, so I finally put up a web page with a bunch of pictures and descriptions on it. (URL) addition to my Rock Crawler (and a link to John's trucks), about half way down the page, there are (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
(...) It sounds like you DID get it loaded right here. At this point, I believe you need to unplug the NXT from the USB, then reconnect it. (...) You need to reset the NXT. Press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds. Then, you should be able to (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
What is the method to load the pbLua firmware, preferably in OS X? It's a .bin file so NXT-G doesn't recognize it. I tried renaming it to a .rfw file and it succeeds but then gets stuck in samba click mode. Then I tried libnxt's fwflash, holding (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Apology
 
(...) You know, if this was an international forum, you'd at least expect the second letter of Jürgen's name to print properly... Jason R (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
 
Hi Ralph, it's great to see this. I'm eager to have a play. Apologies if I've been part of the bother with sending you emails. In releasing details of your toolset, are you revealing your source code too? Both would be an enormous help to people (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Apology
 
(...) Double A-Hem! Dave K (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Apology
 
(...) Ahem. Jürgen (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)


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