Archive for October, 2010
NXT++ provides a Visual Studio 2008 (VS9.0) solution file for building its library, it builds without a problem. The developers dropped support for Linux at v0.6 (v0.5 should still work). Using the library is rather simple, I have written a CMakeLists.txt and the project was successfully built on the first try (usually not the case). [ READ MORE ]
Before beginning trying out NXT++ today, I found this MATLAB toolbox from the wiki. The installation is quite simple, no need custom firmware, hence may worth some of my attention in the future. Setting up in either OS X or Windows requires you to know the series port the Bluetooth connection is using. A more [ READ MORE ]
I have built the “Quick Start” model yesterday and played with it a little bit (video), at least we know that the motors are working, Bluetooth connection is working and the communication between NXT and the motors is working. To my surprise the mobile application software from LEGO includes a java application for my old [ READ MORE ]
Too bad, it doesn’t come with batteries and the NXT needs 6 AA while I only had 4. I went on installing the software on my MBP using the Snow Leopard fix downloaded from MINDSTORMS website. Unfortunately I got the “A required file is broken” message when starting NXT-G, a quick search suggested that re-run [ READ MORE ]
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