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Starting with the original NXTGCC source, if I disable binsert in the makefile, the firmware crashes on boot. The firmware development which I am doing will probably increase the size of the firmware by around 20KB, so I'm wondering if I need to do (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Teaching Bluetooth and Protocols
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(...) ... (...) Just to be clear, you got 5 pairs of master/slave NXTs to communicate as pairs? But if you added a 6th pair, then those two could not connect to each other? That's really strange... Ralph (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Teaching Bluetooth and Protocols
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I've reached a goal this summer. Last week, 5 kids got into Bluetooth and made simple remote controls. I provided two simple NXT-G programs, BTSend on the Master NXT Remote Control and BTRecv on the Robot Slave. BTSend uses the left and right NXT (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Introduction of LEJOS OSEK
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LEJOS OSEK ver.1.03 was just released. (URL) 1.03 includes a minor bug fix and a new interesting application example which is called NXT GT. NXT GT is a Bluetooth based R/C car and you can control the NXT GT by using PC analog game pad controller! (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: MINDSTORMS Community Partners
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(...) Is this the same forum that Vernier Software is involved in? The company is making ready as many of their sensors (40+) to work with the NXT. Their Logger Pro is used in a lot of middle and high school science classrooms. The last time I (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Using the NXT with I2C Sensors
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All, I've finally got around to updating my site with a detailed description of connecting the NXT to the ultrasound (sonar) sensor and also to third party sensors like those from HiTechnic and Mindsensors. (URL) Cheers, Ralph (17 years ago, 5-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: MINDSTORMS Community Partners
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(...) I was under the possibly mistaken impression that joining the MCP for round 2 was intended to be a "by invitation only" sort of thing and that it was not intended to be sent out to the general public. I could be wrong and, if so, my humble (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | MINDSTORMS Community Partners
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Are You a Hardcore LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT User? Do you want to have a seat in our closed webforum, the Mindstorms Community Partners, where we involve you in our development and tests of new ideas, concepts, prototypes, products and discuss various (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Using the NXT with a GPS
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(...) Perhaps Canada skips from the 3rd to the 5th every year. Maybe they just have a Sadie Hawkin's Day (1) every year to make up for it? -Rob www.lifelites.com (1) (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using the NXT with a GPS
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(...) Hi Ralph, and all my open questions (3-4 weeks old) are answered now ! It works fine with OSX and WM5 BT-Peers... I've managed it to peer with OSX 10.4.x or WM5 and send simple strings now! Great job Thanks Bye Christian (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NBC/NXC beta 31 Release
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I am about ready to release a new beta of NBC/NXC. There are some very important new features and bug fixes in this release. Here's the current list of fixes and new features. Version 1.0.1.b31 ---...--- - Fixes a boolean expression bug which (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Using the NXT with a GPS
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(...) I guess I need to download the latest version. Thanks Ralph. (...) Don't you have a July 4th in Canada? :) Steve (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Using the NXT with a GPS
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All, I've finally got around to updating my site with a detailed description of connecting the NXT to a Bluetooth GPS unit. It updates the NXT display in real time with lat, long etc. The parsing is really barebones and shows the power of pbLua in a (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Progressing from RCX to NXT
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Did they use Robolab to teach at the summer camp? If so, he could also use it to program the NXT; just make sure you obtain Robolab 2.9 version which supports both RCX and NXT; version 2.5 is RCX only. -----Original Message----- From: (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Custom firmware crashing on boot
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Sorry I didn't have time to reply to your post yesteday; I had limited time available. (...) Hmm, as I said yesterday to Dick, disabling all three binsert calls in the makefile caused my firmware to crash on a blank screen, even after I had done (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | NXT & RIC
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A while back I wrote part 1 of a 2 part description of the RIC file format on the Nxtasy blog. I still haven't gotten around to writing part 2 (been busy writing other stuff) but RIC-related things have been hanging around on the edges of my (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Adding a JTAG port?
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(...) I used a JTAG tool in the beginning by glueing a JTAG connector manually. You could do that and perhaps have a look at section 4.3 in (URL) it is easier to use libnxt. I am using it in this project: (URL) can download libnxt source from (or of (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Adding a JTAG port?
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Hi all, Do I need to add a JTAG port to develop an alternative runtime for the NXT? We did the RCX without this level of debugging, and the NXT is far more open. Is it necessary, nice to have, or simply not necessary at all? Given that our VM is, at (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Introduction of LEJOS OSEK
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LEJOS OSEK Website has been available at (URL) There has been several updates since the first introduction: - LEJOS OSEK Ver 1.02 supports restart of application program by pressing the triangle button at the left hand side of NXT. (Usability should (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Progressing from RCX to NXT
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SHORT VERSION Can anyone point me in the direction of some simple NXT models, preferably of fun things like vehicles, that a smart rising 4th grader can build on his own, that will inspire him to explore NXT? LONGER VERSION My son is 9 1/2. We gave (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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