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(...) It hasn't, Elizabeth - I'm not upset at John, and he knows *far* more about programming than I do. I just wanted to point out that there are process where abruptly "killing" a thread was one of the best solutions I ever found, due to the speed (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Everyone, Being fair in the judgement in using a global watchdog flag to terminate a task. Honestly, when I have a multi-threaded process, I have always used a watchdog type of flag, mutex, semaphore, etc. to signal a thread to terminate. I hardly (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Well, you may not consider that awkward, but having been able to use the "stop" & "start" task commands in NQC, I do actually consider it very awkward. For instance, if I want to immediately stop some task under the "stock" FW... well, I (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It is not a rather awkward option, imho. That's like saying breaking out of an infinite loop using a flag is awkward and that it would be better to have some form of stop loop keyword that you could use from outside the loop instead. Is it (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Using a global to flag out of a task is about the only (rather awkward) option I know of. This is one of the things that I really have issues with under the NXT-G FW. (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I just noticed that there is no function to terminate a task like nqc . "stop" . I am currently setting up a global watchdog variable to signal a task to exit. Suggestion? --Elizabeth (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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FYI, just in case anyone has this problem in the future, I was able to fix it by using "Update Driver" in Device Manager while the NXT was in SAM-BA mode, and telling Windows that I would choose the driver. On the list were the Lego driver and the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi, (...) probably some problem with the USB data transfer on your computer, which corrupted the firmware. This seems to occur with some computers, LEGO put out a driver update last year to correct it: (URL) that the ticking sound doesn't (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I've resurrected the "dead" NXT using the standard procedures and my home computer. Perhaps, the computers in the lab where smarter than mine. Mine performed the download but froze up. I had to power down and reboot. All is fine now, though (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) The kids in last weeks class got some track models started then they quit when the going got rough. After I finished my model, they realized how much slower tracks are versus wheels. They chose speedy wheels over tracks. It's going to be (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I'll try the Briccx and/or NeXTTool approach. Thanks (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Bothered by the weird rendering of orange color in LeoCAD, I have compiled an unofficial version that imports, displays and export correctly this color. Get it here: (URL) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.leocad, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) It may just need new batteries. You may want to try putting brand new Alkaline AAs in it and then press the reset button for a long time (or try using BricxCC or NeXTTool to put the brick in SAMBA mode). John Hansen (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've been working on a tracked robot for my FLL team to play with. I don't have any pictures, but an MLCAD model is about 99% complete. I need to do the wires and am having fun trying to learn lsynth. Here's an image of the robot: (URL) not sure how (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I reset an errant NXT and completed downloading the firmware. But the NXT still would not wake up and stayed in Samba mode. Trying to download firmware immediately after latching the battery pack and hearing the Samba beat, gives me a "Cannot locate (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I have uploaded a new BricxCC test release that includes some new BricxCC features that folks have requested. 1. From the NXT Screen tool you can execute utility functions such as renaming your NXT, resetting Bluetooth to factory defaults, and (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I just had a look at your project. It is very cool! I am very glad to see that someone else is trying to sort out how to generate valid NXT executables. Hopefully you've been able to piggy-back on some of my NBC work so that you haven't had to (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi, I'm Matteo Valdina and I'm the main developer of NXTAssembler. NXTAssembler is an assembler for the standard firmware of Lego Mindstorms NXT.This project can be found at (URL) and for information (URL) project is written in Java 1.5 and (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) site. I checked out Goliath I and II at Matthias' site and the Clanker. I can see that the Goliaths are not geared down and the motors are tucked into a well created by the triangular configuration of the thread and the vertical mounting (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I tend to avoid tracked robots as much as possible, but have found myself using them a significant amount with the NXT for some reason. While this doesn't use "standard treads", here's a good minimalist treaded vehicle (it would be very easy (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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