Questions tagged [nxt]
A programmable robotics brick released by the LEGO company in late July 2006 and uses Technic connectors. This was preceded by the original RCX brick, and succeeded by the EV3 brick.
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Building instructions: Robot Spider Pen by Ricardo Oliveira
Some time ago I found the following youtube video by Ricardo Oliveira of a small NXT plotter that crawls over a whiteboard. It has two strings that can be shortened through coils and with this, it ...
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How do I sync audio and movement on my NXT 2.0?
How do I sync audio and movement with my NXT 2.0? I'm building an animatronic head and I can't find a good way to sync it with external audio because the internal speaker is too quiet.
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Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Not turning on
I have a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0, which worked well for a couple of years.
However, after the last few weeks, it seems to not boot up. I took it apart, and noticed it seems to have a different ...
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LEGO turing machine using Rascal
I followed the instructions on LEGO Turing Machine and succeeded to build it. Next I've tried and failed to program it using NXT Mindstorm GUI. The site mentions a Rascal framework, but it doesn't ...
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Why can't I install the NXT software on macOS High Sierra?
I just got an Mindstorms EV3 for Christmas, and learned that you can have the NXT communicate with the EV3 in the NXT software. I tried to install the NXT software on my Mac, but all that happens is a ...
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Problem to connect my NXT to Bluetooth. everything else run fine
I use Windows 11 (64 bit). NXT sw v2.1, NXT firmware 1.31.
I have reinstalled these several times, without success. Everything seems to work fine except to connect via Bluetooth, that fails most of ...
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NXT Sensors/Motors not working
I went back to using the NXT brick after two years and I'm having some problems:
Motors do not respond to degrees or rotations;
Ultrasonic Sensor and Color Sensor are not working;
Touch Sensor is ok;
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NXT 2.1 And Windows 10 V2004
Has anyone had any luck installing the NXT 2.1 software onto a Windows 10 PC running V2004 19041.1052 build? I keep getting an error:
This publisher has been blocked from running software on your PC.
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NXT Mindstorms software glitch
My FLL team was doing some practice programming exercises this morning. One group wrote a program using color sensors, no issue. The next group opened a new program window and attempted to open a ...
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How can I read NXT logfiles?
I used the logfile feature to collect light intensity values.
How can I get a view to this data?
On the NXT brick I only found: "delete" or "send" but not "show". I tried "send" when I had an USB ...
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Reading NXT Touch Sensor with Monobrick Communication Library
In my program, I need to detect if a touch sensor is activated. Here's some of my code:
var nxt = new Brick<Sensor, Sensor, Sensor, Sensor>("usb");
nxt.Connection.Open();
nxt.Sensor1 = new ...
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NXT (NXC) Programs are too slow
I am using Bricx Command Center to write some NXC code for a side project. I am working with the MindSqualls C# Library in Unity and am trying to figure out some ways to use the NXT robots in an event-...
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HiTechnic Color Sensor analog
HiTechnic sales support said that HiTechnic color sensor hasn't been manifactured yet. Currently it's out of stock in HiTechnic shop.
Is there any analog of this sensor except NXT/EV3 color sensors?
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Block Platform parameter is not instantiated in Simulink
I used Simulink to write a program for LEGO Midstorms NXT. I can post the design if needed. The problem is that when I want to run it on hardware, it gives the following error:
Lego mindstorms NXT ...
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NXT software V2.1 runtime installation error in windows
My system configuration: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1.
When I try to install NXT software v2.1, I immediately get the error below:
Microsoft Visual C++ runtime
Runtime Error
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NXT not updating, "Cannot locate NXT device to download firmware!"
I am using a Bluetooth connection trying to update firmware from 1.05 to 1.31 and it displays the message:
Cannot locate NXT device to download firmware!
My NXT works fine other than that. I got ...
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Bluetooth communication between computer and nxt using RobotC
I'm thinking starting a project involving controlling the movement of a NXT robot from the PC using RobotC.
Is it possible? Does anyone have a simple code solution?