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  HELP! NXT brick flash now read-only!!
 
All, Up until this point, I kept hearing that it was pretty much next to impossible to "brick" a brick. However, I think I've managed to be the first person to prove that it *can* be done (not that I'm proud of this fact :-( ). A few weeks back, I (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  NXT controlled Red Quad
 
(URL) NXT controlled Red Quad> - completed 2-3-07 (URL) controlled Red Quad>> Motorized tail - neck and head (3 URLs) Ultrasonic - Touch and Sound Sensors (URL) Sensor>> (URL) Sensor>> (URL) Sensor>> Custom eye lights courtesy HiTechnic - 68.8 x 36 (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !! 
 
  4Bit Digital Controller with LEGO NXT Visual Display
 
Hi LEGO NXT enthusiasts, I've just posted a Reference Design on my blog (URL) showing how to build a Digital Controller with a twist. I'm using the LEGO NXT as a visual indicator. It's a remix based on providing output status for digital circuits. (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  NXC Documentation & Samples
 
A Not eXactly Complete (NXC) version of the NXC Guide is now available on a new NXC Docs page. It is based on the original NQC Guide written by Dave Baum and John Hansen. (URL) portions of the document describe compiler features which have not yet (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)  
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) Just to clarify, NXT-G doesn't have a thread scheduler. NXT-G is a just a graphical programming language, not a firmware or a virtual machine. The standard NXT firwmare implements a virtual machine which has a thread scheduler. The name of the (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) I'm sure someone with some firmware knowledge will have a better answer for this, but my belief is that there are no smarts in the firmware for swapping threads during a wait - i.e. I bet it uses a full timeslice. I have done some BT logging (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  RE: Spawning threads in NBC
 
I don't know how the NXT-G thread/task scheduler works. Just wondering if anyone has any idea on the impact on execution performance when multiple threads are running? And how often threads are scheduled? For example, if you have a "main" thread (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) I stop a thread the manual way: #define STOP_OTHER_THREAD() \ set bOtherThreadEnable, FALSE dseg segment bOtherThreadEnable byte TRUE ends thread main start OtherThread // John's great invention //... STOP_OTHER_THREAD() // ... endt thread (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) I'm trying to leave you alone John, but I haven't been too successful :). (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: WIP - Red Quad
 
Hello Eric! (...) The legs show a high flexiblity! Great! Why are there wheels on the feets? Are there wheels so that they feets legs do not slipping away? I think a time abot the Mindstorms NXT and I think about how to use this in a Mecha. Nice to (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
 
  NBC and NXC API macro testing (bluetooth-related)
 
If you have 2 NXTs lying around and you are moderately interested in testing some potentially interesting new NBC and NXC API macros then I would definitely be interested in hearing from you via email. I have written a few additions to the NXTDefs.h (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: WIP - Red Quad
 
(...) Ah-ha! That explains my strange building habits lately. Hopefully the merger will mean I'll get an equal portion of the extensive Sophie part collection. I mean, if you doesn't know where he got it, you won't miss it right? -a (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  NXC/NBC release news
 
I have posted beta 24 of NBC/NXC. Here's the list of fixes and new features: Version 1.0.1.b24 ---...--- - Fixes a preprocessor bug in NBC and NXC that is triggered by not having a ')' at the end of a macro invocation (or anywhere following in the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  RE: Spawning threads in NBC
 
In practicality, it is not a good practice to kill another thread without some sort of synchronization anyway. However, if one thread is not responding for a long period of time, it will be good to allow the parent thread to terminate it. (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) Unfortunately, there really isn't any way to implement a mechanism for stopping a thread from another thread (without firmware modifications). John Hansen (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) Is there any plan to create a way to stopped threads that have been spawned in this way (similar to NQC)? (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  FW: Another Challenge. Performance Comparison
 
Dick, 2 questions: 1) Regarding the benchmark code used for performance analysis. How about something which will require intense sensor feedback? How about simple alignment code? I really want to stick with RCX for teaching as kids have to do a lot (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: WIP - Red Quad
 
"Geoffrey Hyde" <g.hyde@bigpond.net.au> skrev i en meddelelse news:JCKtAE.6qJ@lugnet.com... (...) David List (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Re: Spawning threads in NBC
 
(...) A dream (soon) becoming true ;o) Philo (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
 
  Spawning threads in NBC
 
Thanks to David Wallace's very thought-provoking (although somewhat distracting) emails, I think I can put together a simple pseudo NBC opcode which will let you start a thread in a manner very similar to how it works in NQC. It requires a couple (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)


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