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(...) I suspect it could, but I'm not sure that's an approach you want to take. For one thing, there's the question of how to address and handle all the special HW that is attached to the ARM inside the NXT... and furthermore communicate with the (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: NXT Programming with C Question
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(...) There's no reason you can't compile straight ANSI C and run it on the NXT. I was doing it last year and ran an ATMEL sample program that turned the NXT into the world's most expensive 256K (not M) Flash drive :-) The hard part is using the (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | NXT Programming with C Question
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Hi there: I've been trying to find a method of coding the NXT using C, however the existing languages available, such as RobotC, or NBC/NXC etc all seem to be C-like languages and not ANSI C. This seems to be the trend, but does anyone know why (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: pbLua Hardware access
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(...) There are no hidden commands, but if it's ABSOLUTELY necessary I can add peek and poke for bytes, words and longs. This may be more dangerous than it's worth :-) What hardware do you need access to? Ralph (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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(...) No ideas yet, Christian. I do have a Mindsensors kit here to look at over the weekend. Are you SURE you are sending the correct string to read the registers? Can you post the code you're using for the test here? Cheers, Ralph (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | pbLua Hardware access
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Hi, is there a way to access the NXT-hardware directly with pbLua ? Are there any hidden commands to allow this ? Any idea ? Thanks in advance Bye Christian (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | pbLua PCF8574
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Hi, has anybody successfully tried to read ports from I2C connected PCF8574 with pbLua (Beta-8) ? Writing and setting ports is no problem, but reading ports fails. The return value is every times 0 (not NIL) Any idea ? Thanks in advance Bye (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: NXT pbLua Online for testing
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(...) If you like to see how it connected and wired, vistit this URL (URL) blackbox is a Linux-System (running from CF) for NXT-BT/USB communication and CAMserv Bye Christian (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: internals
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(...) If you go to (URL) click on the "NXT'reme" button, you will be able to download all sorts of official internals documentation. -- David Schilling (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I have difficulty in locating info on the internal of the nxt brick. Wonder if anyone may have reference. Thanks in advance! --Elizabeth (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT pbLua Online for testing
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(...) I forgot to tell you something ;-( user: nxt pass: pblua Sorry Christian (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT pbLua Online for testing
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(...) Additionally you can try the pbLua-PC-emulation. telnet nxt.moccy.dyndns.org Videostream of NXT/pbLua actions follow this weekend. This allows you to watch the running NXT, controled by your commands :D Enjoy and don't kill the system Bye (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT pbLua Online for testing
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Hello World, I've connected my NXT with powerful pbLua to the internet. Now you can test pbLua without modifying your own NXT. Feel free to connect to public NXT with pbLua. Just try: telnet nxt.moccy.dyndns.org 10001 So far my batteries are full (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Building and downloading NXT firmware
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(...) Thanks for trying: You need just to look at the NXTGCC project. You should probably be able to start by reading nxt.pdf at (URL) then install either the winarm or (URL) toolchains. Finally download the zip file from (URL) see if you can (...) (17 years ago, 14-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: NBC arrays
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Thank you for the valuable first-hand information. It is a pitty there is no byte-code instruction to copy a part of an array somewhere to a middle of another array (so that one does not have to index and replace element-by-element or allocate a new (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT radar
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I've built a 'true' NXT radar, using a 4 wire untangler to allow infinite rotation of a Sharp IR sensor from mindsensors.com. Details and images on www.nxtasy.org main page. Guy Ziv NXTasy.org (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | robo soccer
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I'm not sure if this is a right forum to ask for this. I am wondering if there is anyone who may be interested in working with 10 high school kids on learning how to do robosoccer. --Elizabeth (17 years ago, 12-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Building and downloading NXT firmware
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Hello Hackers, That's my first post to this group so I would like to introduce myself shortly: I'm a 34 year old german who has studied computer science some years ago. Being on the job for a few years I decided to go back to the university to get a (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: pbLua Beta 8 - with pixel and battery voltage reading
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(...) I questioned the significance of the first one too when one of the pbLua users asked for it. Then, as I was writing some docs for pbLua I realized that it would be a nice way to get screenshots of the display. It's pretty easy to read the (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: pbLua Beta 8 - with pixel and battery voltage reading
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snip (...) snip I question the significance of feature #1, but feature #2 sure is a neat trick. How do you do it? (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | pbLua Beta 8 - with pixel and battery voltage reading
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All, I should get a life....another pbLua Beta - number 8 - is available at: (URL) What's so special about this one? Well it's got some significant new features including: 1. The ability to read an arbitrary pixel on the display 2. The ability to (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: New Beta 7 for pbLua is available
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(...) pbLua Rocks with OSX ! Very good job Ralph! BtConsole works out of the box at OSX. Now cables are from the past :D This song is just for you! demo = {} demo.playMusic = function() vol=1 C1=261;C2=523;C3=1047;C4=2093; (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | New Beta 7 for pbLua is available
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All, Yes, I've been busy and I have yet another Beta of pbLua available in the Download link at: (URL) What's so special about this one? Well it's got some significant new features including: 1. The ability to turn the NXT off by pressing the orange (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC arrays
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(...) I misspoke here. It is not OP_REPLACE which requires that the output array be different from the input array. Using the same arrays as input and output with OP_REPLACE, in fact, is quite normal and usual. I was actually thinking of OP_ARRBUILD (...) (17 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Rubik's cube solver
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Excellent work! I was very impressed! It is amazing how many of the world's amazing minds are involved in the lego hobby : ) God Bless, Nathan (URL) (17 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: NBC arrays
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(...) Perhaps the executable file and bytecode reference PDF explains arrays in a way that would complement the description in the NBC manual. The firmware source code is also a good source of information about how arrays work. (...) The firmware (...) (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Rubik's cube solver
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(...) My software runs well both on UNIX and MAC Windows emulators: I tried it successfully. Danny (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Rubik's cube solver
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(...) Aw, it's only for Windows / PC's (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I just watched the video! Brillant!! Great write up and web page. Amazing work! (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Rubik's cube solver
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Absolutely fantastic with a clever mechanical design. (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Rubik's cube solver
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(...) Daniele, WOW. ummm thats all I can say. WOW. It was nice to see and read about your design, and I thought to myself; nice. THEN I saw the video, and just smiled from ear to ear. The first time I saw the one arm do the "double thwack" to seat (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT Rubik's cube solver
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Hi. It took time but it is quite done. For details: (URL) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !!
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| | New pbLua Beta 5 Available
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All, You can download and try the latest pbLua Beta 5 with the following enhancements: Enhancements include: 1. Fixed broken I2C implementation 2. Added basic sound for tones and melodies 3. Added first attempt at high speed 485 4. Direct input of (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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(...) Hi Ralph, the hardware is ready to take off :D (URL) are your plans to release Beta-4-Preview with improved I2C-Support ? The world wants to use pbLua and not NXT-G or other stuff :-D One real world scenario is "helping handicaped blind guys". (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) simple NXT-G programming. Of course, it's most rewarding when the simplest of concepts creates an "Aha!" moment. It's kind of fun using artificial intelligence to bring out the real thing! (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) You have the NXT record it for you, perferable in a comma-delimited text file, which you can then import and open right in Excel. Your own home-grown datalog, with a data arrangement you specify. Just use file operations: (URL) other (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) I placed a dollar bill with one corner of it pinned under a chair leg. The challenge was to start from the spot and circle around the outside of the legs. Whichever team can do it in less than two tries claims the dollar. I think my dollar is (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) Steering under NXT-G is... not exactly intuitive. I tried some experiments a whle back, but I never even tried to play with the steering slider because I had no patience for rough approximations (like trying to see if I had moved the slider (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) I keep forgetting the not-quite part of your language is an attempt to map operations directly onto the underlying VM. I was hoping to avoid rewriting code but now realize that making all elements of this structure top-level elements will (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NBC arrays
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Is there some more detailed (and lower-level) description of how the arrays work in NBC, please? Something that would complement the description in the manual? This is how I see the arrays in NBC/standard firmware: * a compiled program works with (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) Sorry for not getting back with you sooner about this bug, Rosco. Life comes at you fast, as they say. :-) I investigated this problem today and it looks like I've got it fixed. There were several bugs going on in NBC which were causing the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXTasy challenge no. 2
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I've postponed the deadline on NXTasy.org challenge no. 2 till June 1st. Also, detailed rules and prizes were published here: (URL) urge the (advanced) readers of Lugnet to contribute to this challenge. I think it's important that MDP/MCP members (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Classroom experiments gone awry
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Your results are not at all what I intuitively expect. From your previous posts, I think the "turn ratio" settings you've used range from 0 to +100 in steps of 10. The following table is what I expected. Turn Inner Expected Observed Ratio Wheel (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Difficulty with WRITE COMMAND over BT
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(...) Thank you very much for the reply. It is still consistently puzzling. If I write some other file - for example a text file named file.txt, I can write and close, and see it in the list (through findfirst/findnext) successfully. This works both (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) I'm using terms of my own making. These are terms that seem to work with 10 - 12 year olds. By "dominant" I mean the wheel which measures the duration specified in a turn. Sometimes I use the term "outside wheel". For example, a duration of (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Difficulty with WRITE COMMAND over BT
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(...) It's hard to say what exactly might be going wrong. Here's how I write a file to the NXT: // write in < 64 byte chunks xferred := 0; aStream.Position := 0; // start at the beginning while xferred < size do begin cnt := Min(size - xferred, (...) (17 years ago, 27-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | FW: Classroom experiments gone awry
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It is hard to lay fingers on trouble shooting this without understanding your experiment. Would you clarify your experiment: Hypothesis: ??? Control variable: wheels size? Independent variable : Dependent variable: Procedure: ??? --Elizabeth (...) (17 years ago, 27-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Classroom experiments gone awry
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I'm having trouble understanding the meaning of your results. What do the percentages mean? I'd also just like to check that you used the "run for 10 rotations" as duration with "next action" indicated as stop. What speed did you use for the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Difficulty with WRITE COMMAND over BT
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Hi, I am attempting to download a .rxe program file to NXT from some programming environment that allows communicating over serial port. So I connect to NXT (with 1.04 firmware) from the WinXPSP2 box with BT USB dongle, and use the commands (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) What do you mean by "dominant" here? And what is a "tick" on the steering slider equal to? I've done something similar to figure out the behavior with respect to the position of the steering slider, but this is a *great* place to introduce the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Classroom experiments gone awry
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Imagine a classroom with eight 13-year old boys, paired up with a laptop and the standard NXT Edu robot. The 9x9 inch floor tiles made perfect for a little experiment in derivation. Starting at a fixed point and heading, each team marked where the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) Well that technique does compile, but produces interesting results: --- #include "NXCDefs.h" struct st { string s1; int i1; } st a1[]; st v1,v2; task main() { v1.s1 = "test"; v1.i1 = 9; NumOut(0,0,v1.i1); TextOut(40,0,v1.s1); (...) (17 years ago, 25-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) The problem with code of this sort is that the opcodes for manipulating values do not readily allow for this type of operation. To set the variable val to the value of the bxxx field of the structure type stored in your array of structs I (...) (17 years ago, 25-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Another useless utility
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(...) I've created a little desktop wrapper for the Mac version of rsoplay called RSOPlayer. You can drag RSO files onto it to play them, double-click RSOPlayer to select files to play with a file browser, or even assign RSOPlayer to handle RSO (...) (17 years ago, 25-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Deriving power from NXT® motor port A
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This (URL) special cable> allows you to power external devices such as a a motor multiplexer or a wireless camera from your NXT. No need for external bulky battery box! (if your current consumption is low enough, 800mA max). Though plugged into NXT (...) (17 years ago, 25-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking, FTX)
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| | Re: NBC and Windows Mobile
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(...) I also have a Dell X51v PDA and am very interested. I don't own a laptop so my PDA is all I take to brick events. I did fine using OnBrick at the recent BrickFest PDX, but am looking for other options. I don't have a lot of time to help, but I (...) (17 years ago, 24-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Bricxcc news
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A new test release of BricxCC is available. It features a built-in NBC/NXC compiler which can be turned on or off via a checkbox on the NBC/NXC Compiler tab. With it turned on you will find that compiling and downloading programs via bluetooth is (...) (17 years ago, 24-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC and Windows Mobile
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I have a Dell X51v and would like to do the same thing. I don't have any time to help but I would like to be kept in the loop when you get yours working. I can test out your solution on my Dell PPC(Mobile 5). Ronald "John Hansen" (...) (17 years ago, 23-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Another useless utility
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rsoplay - Play RSO file on PC --- This is a small program to play NXT sound files (.RSO) on your PC. Not sure why anyone would really want to, but now you can anyway. Now Mac and linux can be just as useless as Windows! Download it (URL) here>. (...) (17 years ago, 23-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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(...) Preparing a filesystemblock with files inside should be not a big problem... Testing can be done by downloading (sending ascii) like today and when finished, prepare the filesystem and download the separate image. When operating system and (...) (17 years ago, 23-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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(...) What is the size of code ? I think we need a very small filesystem only. If we can store 32kB it is enough, we didn't want to store MP3 ! (...) What about pressing a button at boot to switch console ? e.g if pressed <enter> ==> BlueTooth else (...) (17 years ago, 23-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Controlling trains with NXT?
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(...) Indeed, Steve Hassenplug & I did exactly this at BrickFest 2005 with the GBC trains - we had two trains running around a single loops, but in this case used four isolated sections so that each side fo the loop was under the complete control of (...) (17 years ago, 22-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Controlling trains with NXT?
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(...) Block control was fairly common on model train layouts before DCC and other digital solutions became available. If you do a google search for "block control" you should find a few references. Yours is a variant of that. It works, but as you (...) (17 years ago, 22-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Controlling trains with NXT?
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As some of you are probably aware, there are people who use DCC controls that allow them to operate two trains independantly on the same stretch of track. This system, however, requires that you hack open motor bogeys to install the DCC control (...) (17 years ago, 21-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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I'm getting stuck implementing some features for the next pbLua release, and I'd like some opinions on what is really necessary... (...) This is getting uglier and more complicated than I like. By the time I add a simple FAT12 file system, and link (...) (17 years ago, 22-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Announcing a new book Maximum LEGO NXT
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Announcing Maximum LEGO NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains, a new book for LEGO NXT programmers. This is a follow-up to Core LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming. The book includes 14 complete robot plans and over two dozen projects, with a foreword by (...) (17 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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(...) I'm looking at this now. Files to be stored in FLASH. (...) Not too hard to do as long as you don't want to stream data to other robots at the same time... (...) I'll look at adding at least tones soon. (...) Done for Beta4 (not yet released) (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Wishlist for next pbLua Beta
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(...) EIA-485 Highspeed support :D Is nobody using pbLua or is everybody happy with Beta-3 ??? Christian (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using NXT Port 4 EIA-485
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ReHi Ralph, (...) I'd like to have some address information for device number added (can be done at a higher layer ?)... EIA-485-Hardwareconcept allows to handle more than one target :D ID0: Master (NXT) ID1: SD ID2: Camera :D ... (...) I hope we (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using NXT Port 4 EIA-485
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(...) Great idea Christian! What kind of API do you need to make this work? I think these might get things started: nxt.RS485SetParam( speed, parity, databits, stopbits ) nxt.RS485SendData( string, bytes ) string = nxt.RS485GetData( bytes ) status = (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using NXT Port 4 EIA-485
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(...) Ralph, I'm using an ATMega8 as frontend processor between NXT and SD-Card. Step1: NXT===>I2C===>ATMega...==>SD-Card Disadvantage: Very low speed (9600) Step2: NXT===>EIA-485===>AT...==>SD-Card This should work in an easy way, FAT-Support for (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) Structure support is a feature I have been waiting for. I have some large programs that should port easily once structs work. Is an array of struct expected to work? When I try to access a field within an element I get an error: # Error: (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NBC and Windows Mobile
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I compiled and ran NBC on my IPAQ running Windows Mobile OS on an ARM CPU today. It didn't work. But it compiled! :-) I will try to look into it a bit more later this week to figure out why it raises an exception. If anyone is interested in helping (...) (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using NXT Port 4 EIA-485
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(...) Christian, There is currently no direct support for this in pbLua, but it's not too hard to add. The HighSpeed port is port 4, and it has basically 3 wires that control how it works. PA4/5 are the RX and TX to UART0 right on the ARM PA7 is RTS (...) (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT UNV Robot MOC
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All, After sitting my a shelf for months, I've finally gotten around to uploading pics and a movie of my UNV NXT Robot rover. For details visit www.plastibots.com (URL) (17 years ago, 15-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Table of NXT-G blocks
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I've created a dedicated page in NXTasy.org for a table of all available NXT-G blocks. The page can be accessed directly at (URL) or via a link in the Programming/NXT-G category description. If you know of blocks I've not included - please email me. (...) (17 years ago, 14-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Another New NXT Utility
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(...) turn (...) I (...) customized but (...) I agree John. I just turn the volume all the way down and it doesn't make any noise. It doesn't even click in samba mode. (17 years ago, 14-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Well, I'm happy to give em a go :) ROSCO (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I have released a new beta (b28) of NBC/NXC. You can find it at (URL) support is liable to have a few problems still since it is new and has not been extensively tested. Ditto for typedefs. I also posted a universal binary of beta 27 that was built (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I have just uploaded a new zip. The new version should play the default NXT click sound on the PC when you press the buttons. If you put a wave file in the same directory as the NeXTScreen utility and name it "click.wav" then the utility (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I tested this a little more and as far as I can tell the versions prior to the one I just uploaded were not actually saving in JPG or PNG format. I discovered the problem when I was trying to add support for saving in RIC format (an odd thing (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've posted (part I of) a tutorial regarding direct IO from input port pins 5 and 6. A nice application is shown - rotation counter on input port using motor built-in encoders. Read it here: (URL) Ziv NXTasy.org (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Yes, thank you. Looking forward to it. It's going to be a good attention getter. (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It occurred to me last night that I had totally misunderstood what you were saying. Maybe the NXT had been clicking all along when you pressed the buttons on the utility and that you were wanting specifically to also have the PC make a noise (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I don't mind it making noises when I tell it to but squawking everytime I turn it on or clicking whenever I press a button is just a bit too much for me. I understand that kids probably love it - especially when it's been customized but I (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) "beautifully silent" ... hummm, and this is from the author of wav2rso ;-) I don't have stats to prove it, just a feeling. Having the kids personalize their NXT programs using sounds converted using wav2rso does a lot of good! Two girls were (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've written a post regarding problems with array usage with (version 1.0) LabView compiler (i.e. what is currently used in NXTToolkit and NXT-G). Read it here: (URL) Ziv NXTasy.org (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I have updated both versions of the NXT Screen utility to play the "! Click" sound on the NXT when a button is pressed. Since I delete all the standard sound files as soon as I can after installing the official firmware that means my NXT (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I checked this out today and it does not work. Any attempt to set the button state to pressed via IOMapWrite using the Button module is ignored since the button module is continuously updating that same field in the button IOMap based on (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Everyone is asking for a new feature, so I'm going to ask one for me... :-) What about Mac OS X support for NextScreen? -- alf (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) How about a "click" sound when the keys are hit? Or perhaps a little blur on the keyface to indicate that it has been clicked? It shouldn't need to be, but the Wii generation seems to need multi-media reinforcements. (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Hi John, Thanks for adding the PNG support. I downloaded and played with both versions of the util and the PNG save works great. Once again, many thanks for the utility and I look forward to the clear NXT screen captures that will help us all (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) That's wonderful. I am very glad that it has proven to be a useful tool. Make sure you've got the very latest zip from late yesterday afternoon which has all the hot keys working as well as JPG and PNG image support. John Hansen (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It worked! Teaching the kids how to use View couldn't have been easier. NextScreen2 is now very much a part of my toolkit. Hurrah!! (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Inserting buttons into the UI command stream for the UI module to process is extremely simple. A completely different approach is required while the VM is executing a program. When a program is running you might be able to write to the Button (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Wow! I wish I had that power with everyone! A couple of issues though: 1. The buttons don't work inside programs :( (well not my programs anyway); 2. When I switch the NXT off while running NeXTscreen, garbage is displayed. It'd be nice if it (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I have replaced the zips (test_release.zip and nextscreen.zip) with new versions which add support for saving .png images. All it took was downloading the pngimage component for Delphi from sourceforge and then adding ", pngimage" to the (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I would vote for .gif or .png support, both of which are lossless for the monochrome NXT display. JPG is lossy even in monochrome. Thanks again for the great utility. Dave (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I noticed that myself shortly before you posted. The version with a main menu bar and toolbar at the top has menu shortcuts which do work but in the NXT image version (with no main menu) the shortcuts do not work. Or, at least, they did not (...) (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Simply outstanding !!! Just one problem, the Ctrl-C shortcut doesn't seem to work for me (BrixCC version), while the Right_click/copy does. Philo (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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