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(...) About a year ago, I got involved in doing some hacking on the Sony PSP, and wrote a Windows utility that will rip any font at a chosen size as a bitmapped C array. If I can figure out which computer I left the sources on, I'll make it (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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> This is very good news. Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for this for > a long time, particularly to have a look at the rather weak graphics > capabilities. I've had an expanded font (and a much smaller one) kicking around > for a while (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Firmware source code
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(...) Now that's a cool idea. I've been messing around with remote-controlling the NXT via Bluetooth from a PC application, and it seems pretty solid. You'd definitely have some timing issues running a remote emulation like you describe, but this (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) My understanding is that the source is version 1.04. John Hansen (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) If this limitation had applied to the rcx, I'd have suggested this. Because you can control the outputs and read the inputs direct from a pc you could run an emulation of the rcx firmware running your program on the pc. The rcx would then (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | More Not eXactly C (NXC) beta news
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(...) I'm working on the next beta release (15) of NBC with the focus on building the Not eXactly C (NXC) API. These features are already working: New NXC API functions: ExitTo(task), Stop(bStop), SetInput(port, field, value), SetOutput(ports, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT Snake game
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(...) "Left as an exercise for the reader": Create a version which uses a bluetooth cellphone as a controller for access to more keys. Also: Nxtris, anyone? Hey! What about a physical implementation of Snake? Dennis (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Not eXactly C beta news (NBC)
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(...) I have uploaded NBC beta 14 for Linux, Mac OSX, and Win32 platforms. John Hansen (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) I just uploaded a zip containing a few example programs to the NBC samples page. (URL) I'm working on documentation. I'll be releasing beta 14 later today (for all platforms) which has the following new features: Version 1.0.1.b14 Adds string (...) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) Where do we find the sample file test.nxc, or some other documentation of NXC? I didn't find the sample file in the source and binary distributions of beta 13. (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(URL) Oops almost forgot to post this on Lugnet. Read about it (URL) here>. ROSCO (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) You rock! (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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I have just released a new beta of NBC with built-in support for 3 programming languages targetting the standard NXT firmware. This beta release focuses primarily on improving the Not eXactly C (NXC) programming language support in the compiler. It (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX) !
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(...) I am curious; have you ever had a situation where bad firmware locked up the NXT? And if so, what was the process to restore it to working order? (I don't have a bricked brick, I'm just asking for future reference.) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: NXT Firmware source code
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(...) I've downloaded firmware to NXT 100s of times with no apparent ill effect. (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Flash memories all have a limited number of write cycles before they become unreliable. Usually, the on-chip write controller will "load-balance" the writes so that different memory locations all get used the same number of times, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) This is very good news. Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for this for a long time, particularly to have a look at the rather weak graphics capabilities. I've had an expanded font (and a much smaller one) kicking around for a while now. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) ROSCO (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up about this! (And also the pointer to the v1.04 firmware update, too!) It is amazing how far TLC has come since the early days of the RCX. Even for those who don't plan to change the firmware, there is certainly a lot to (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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LEGO has released an update to the standard NXT firmware. Version 1.04 is now available for download. (URL) Hansen (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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LEGO has posted the standard NXT firmware source code today. You can get it on the NXT'reme page: (URL) direct link to a EULA is here: (URL) Hansen (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !!
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(...) It's fixed. - Carsten (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Dragging the file out of the list works! Download button doesn't. I click download, it asks me where I want to save it, but then the file never downloads. (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Cross-posted to lugnet.robotics.nxt Philo (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Oops. They are implemented and have worked for me. You should even be able to download files from the NXT by drag and drop from the table. I'll investigate this further. (...) No i haven't. Thats cause i have not written a single line of ruby (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Oops. They are implemented and have worked for me. You should even be able to download files from the NXT by drag and drop from the table. I'll investigate this further. (...) No i haven't. Thats cause i have not written a single line of ruby (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) XP to lugnet.robotics.nxt... Philo (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Cool, works pretty good, except the download function doesn't seem to work? Have you tried ruby-nxt? It provides bluetooth access and works well on intel macs. It doesn't have all the system commands for uploading/downloading files yet, but I'm (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi, i have written a little filebrowser for Mac OS X - Tiger (10.4.X). The DMG can be downloaded from (URL) site>. -- Carsten (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: nxt + i2c sp03 Text-To-Speech?
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(...) There are chips available to convert ASCII text to allophones, although this would increase the power requirements. One example: (URL) actually used such a combination (many years ago) to build a simple speech synthesizer board for my apple (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) That is pretty much exactly what I was talking about. Of course, such a chip cannot increase the available power, it can only tweak the ratio between voltage and current. So this might work for some applications, but perhaps not in this (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) If I'm understanding things correctly, could something like this work? (URL) appears to be able to take 2.5 - 5.5v in and give up to 5v out at up to 90mA. It would be great if it could be powered from the sensor port directly instead of having (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I'd say its worth a try from the 4.3v supply from the NXT. I note that the SP03 spec. says it has a 3v regulator onboard, so its not really running from 5v anyhow. The I2C signals are open drain, so they should be ok unless their inputs won't (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It sounds like the NXT probably doesn't have enough power available to run that chip, but you might look at using a BUC (Boost-Up Converter) component to bring the 4.3V supply up to a higher level? I've only been peripherally involved with (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Yes, but unfortunately the 9V sensor supply is limited to 15mA just like the RCX sensor supply. Not easy to power a module that consumes 80mA... Philo (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) That would be the LOWSPEED_9V flag? (...) I just might do that. (...) The chip used in the book I have is the SpeakJet (URL) It's a LOT cheaper than the sp03, however, it uses a serial interface and would be a lot more complicated. I'd have to (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: nxt + i2c sp03 Text-To-Speech?
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The NXT can also optionally apply 9V to I2C sensors on the same input/wire that is used for reading the analog values. There's a flag to set this up. I know it is accessible in RobotC and I think you should also be able to set it up via NBC. SO (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi Tony, (...) Nice little beast! (...) Most probably it should work. I am a bit more concerned about current consumption (80mA - not 80mAH as shown in documentation!), since the 4.3V supply can deliver 180mA for ALL seven NXT ports. You may also (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I'm a software guy, not a hardware guy. I have very little experience designing circuits. To show how little I know, I'm actually reading through Electronics Projects for Dummies at the moment. ;) Well in this book they describe a simple (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC-NCX Experiences
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(...) The simple answer is that NXC does not yet expose that functionality. I am feverishly working on implementing that API. I apologize for the compiler problems. John Hansen (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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