Questions tagged [mindstorms]
Please use this tag only for general Mindstorms questions and compatibility. If the question refers specifically to the EV3, NXT, or RCX, then use those tags instead.
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EV3 program runs fine when connected to PC but does not respond when copied to the brick
I am building the race car mentioned in the LEGO Mindstorms discovery book using an EV3 brick.
The problem I am facing is that the driving program runs fine when the brick is connected to the PC via ...
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How to dump the firmware from the SPIKE Prime (and Mindstorms v4)?
I'm interested in tinkering with the micropython filesystem and/or firmware in the SPIKE Prime hub and was wondering:
How to dump the firmware from the SPIKE Prime hub?
Is there an online resource ...
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What internal electronics do SPIKE Prime and Mindstorms v4 use?
What electronics live inside the SPIKE Prime hub? How powerful is the hardware?
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How to dump the micropython filesystem from the SPIKE Prime (and Mindstorms v4)?
I'm interested in tinkering with the micropython filesystem and/or firmware in the SPIKE Prime hub and was wondering:
How to dump the micropython filesystem from the SPIKE Prime hub?
Is there an ...
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Is it possible to non-destructively open the SPIKE Prime smart hub?
I'm referring to this part from SPIKE Prime:
Note that this is the same hub that will be used in Mindstorms Inventor.
There are four Torx screws on the back side that can be accessed by removing the ...
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Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 brick is not working
Recently, I tried to get my old NXT 2.0 brick fixed.
Everything seemed to point to the clicking brick problem, but it turns out not to be the only thing, the brick was also getting hot. After ...
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Distance Learning Mindstorms web-based software
I am a Technology education teacher from NJ and I use Lego Mindstorms for my 8th-grade robotics class. Since we are doing distance learning (teaching from home) my students have not been able to ...
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Lego Mindstorms Software: “Error code: 4”
After updating my EV3 Brick's firmware from V1.09E to V1.10E and reinstalling the Teacher Edition of the Lego Mindstorms EV3 software (even though I'm not a teacher), I decided to recover my Brick's ...
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Mindstorms NXT NXC RemoteStopProgram fails compilation
I have two NXT bricks connected and they work together using Bluetooth, sending messages between the two works. The master NXT will start a program on the slave NXT with the RemoteStartProgram ...
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How can I program a motor to rotate towards the source of sound?
I have 3 sound sensors and a motor connected to four ports of the same brick.
My motor should rotate by some angle towards the highest sound detected by the sensor, and now I'm wondering how I'm ...
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Given program for EV3 Race Car doesn't work, but why?
I have successfully built an EV3 Race Car with instructions from a fan-made book made by Laurens Valk. In the book, he tells how to make my blocks for the rack-and-pinion steering and how to make a ...
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Chromebook Lego Mindstorms EV3 trouble
I want to make a crane in LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and I've already downloaded the software but as you can see below some coding pieces here are not in the Chromebook version.
Should I download the ...
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Finding certain positions in a room?
I have LEGO NXT and a square room of 100x100cm. I would like to use the center of the room always as my starting point(the black box). The green box is going to be my park area. Circles can be the ...
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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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Mindstorms crashes when connecting to EV3 with Bluetooth
I am using OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) on a 2011 MacBook Air, LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Home Edition v1.0 and the latest firmware on the EV3 (v1.06H)
When I attempt to pair the EV3 with my Mac over Bluetooth, ...
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What exactly does each Mindstorms part do?
It's been a few years since I've bought a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 which comes with the Technic style pieces.
There's beams, axles, rods, connectors... but the majority of the times when I'm building ...
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The center button does not work on EV3 brick
My son has the Lego Mindstorms EV3 brick. The brick turns on when he pushes the center button, but he can't use it in the menu. What's the problem?
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The Mindstorms EV3 Software crashes on OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. What do I do?
It's crashing on startup which is really irritating. When debugged with terminal it says this:
Unhandled Exception: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path is denied.
[ERROR] FATAL ...
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Lego Mindstorms EV3 software being detected as Ransomware [closed]
While I was programming my EV3 robot on my Windows 10, the Lego Mindstorms software immediately closed, and then Bitdefender Antivirus said that it was some sort of Ransomware. It was Bitdefender that ...
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How to load an RCX from a modern system?
I recently bought a new in box 1.5 Mindstorms kit featuring the RCX. My computer unfortunately does not have a 9-pin connection, and the software does not appear to work on Windows 10. Short of buying ...
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Lego EV3 simulator and programming
I've been searching and testing for hours. There is little information on this subject though. I have some specific requirements for a Lego EV3 simulator and programming environment.
I do not want to ...
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How to get Lego Mindstorms EV3 expansion set (45560) programmes in Scratch
I bought recently Mindstorms EV3 expansion set (45560) and found out that the available programs are written in old LabView-style programming language: https://le-www-live-s.legocdn.com/sc/media/files/...
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How do I get the Mindstorm EV3 software to recognize an NXT brick via Bluetooth?
I'm trying to program my NXT brick via the EV3 software over a Bluetooth connection.
I can connect it via USB (although that too failed initially, but has since been resolved; not sure why) but I'd ...
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BricxCC not seeing Serial Tower in Windows 10
Same problem with both the native 9-pin serial port and with a USB to 9-pin Serial adapter. Using Lego's original cable.
Start BricxCC Version 3.3 (Build 3.3.8.10). It asks for the connection ...
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Current LEGO Digital Designer download is missing a lot of parts [duplicate]
The current LDD download is missing a lot of bricks that were in version 1.3.11 before.
Such as, but not limited to:
EV3 motors, sensors and the main EV3 brick.
Does anyone have a solution/download ...
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Are NXT Light sensors compatible with EV3?
I would like to use the NXT light sensors with my EV3 brick. I don't have enough light sensors as I need 2 for each robot (per set) and it only comes with one. However, I have a lot of NXT sensors. ...
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Does LEGO no longer support NXT 2.0 at all?
I am running Mac OS X 10.15 (Catalina) and the EV3 software can't detect my NXT 2.0 using USB.
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Bluetooth pairing successful in OSX but Mindstorms NXT software still can't connect
I'm using OS X Mountain Lion. I've installed the Mindstorms NXT software successfully using the NXT Script.rb script from Lego's web site, which is supposed to tweak the install so that it is ...
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Is the LEGO Mindstorms Education (not Home, not Scratch based) Edition for Mac OS gone?
I am starting a robotics and programming club with some 9-12 year olds and for the past week I have been developing activities using my Windows version of LEGO Mindstorms (the education / teacher ...
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My Mindstorms Spik3r can't turn around
When I use the button for turning it just goes backwards. Why does this happen? I've checked the instructions and didn't find anything.
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EV3 software with large blocks
I can't seem to find a download for home or education version of EV3 software that has the large white blocks for either macos 10.13 or 10.15 on my imac.
Can someone help?
I currently have that ...
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Run Code From PC
https://www.ev3dev.org/projects/2014/05/09/Python-Rubiks-Cube-Solver/
The other one gives a solution in around 20 steps, but takes around 500 MB of memory, so I need to run it on a computer
How do I ...
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EV3 turning in circles
New programmer feeling my way around. I set the most simple "steering block" to 25, the power to 50, and the number of motor rotations to 40 or 50.
Then I let it run expecting the bot to go in a ...
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Is there a way to restart a program with EV3?
I've got a program with a code lock, and I would like the program to restart when you enter the incorrect code. Does anyone know of a way to do that?
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How to restart/reset a program automatically after stop block
I have a program that uses the colour sensor to progress that program. The colours are in a certain order. If the wrong colour is detected, the program stops.
I want to restart the program from the ...
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EV3 color sensor strangeness
I've run across something very strange with my color sensor when using multiple sensors and multiple nested loops for a sumobot. I have 4 separate loops continuously monitoring the "optical", "...
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MindSqualls - can I connect more than one NXT brick using USB?
To access my NXT brick connected via USB with the MindSqualls library, I do the following:
var brick = new McNxtBrick(NxtCommLinkType.USB, 0);
The 0 is serialPortNr. If I were to buy a second NXT ...
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What is the popular challenge of solving the Rubik cube as quickly as possible using LEGO bricks?
I saw videos of people participating in a race to resolve a Rubik cube as quickly as possible using Mindstorm LEGO robots.
Can you provide information whether there is a competition and on who is ...
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Missing parts in a Lego Mindstorms box [duplicate]
Could it be that there are parts missing in a LEGO box? I've a new set of LEGO Mindstorms (reference number 31313) and I'm missing the parts
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Where could I get them?
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Programming to get data from EV3 sensor and send it to a server?
I am using EV3 with Linux V1.09 and I am doing a project in which I want to send the sensor data from the EV3 to a remote web server using POST method - is this possible?
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Spik3r wheels move but the spik3r itself doesn't
Our Spik3r's wheels move but the Spik3r itself does not move. Please see the picture of the back of the vehicle - is it somehow incorrectly built?
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LEGO EV3 on Chromebooks not recognizing NXT bricks
I teach two LEGO robotics classes in middle school and in one of my classes I am using EV3 and in the other NXT. I was able to have these classes because of the Chromebook app, but the problem I am ...
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LEGO Mindstorms EV3: Camera recommendation for line tracking
I am planning to build an autonomous car in LEGO Mindstorms that will use ultrasonic or infrared sensors for collision avoidance and in the future also a camera for line tracking. I am now wondering ...
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Two Mindstorms touch sensors: how to determine which sensor was pressed?
I'm trying do make simple program. Two motors, two touch sensors. Sensor one increases speed, sensor two decreases.
The whole program works very well but only with one sensor. When I put some logic ...
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How to make Spik3r move without the pincers moving
How do you make Spik3r move without the pincers moving as well? Seems like the legs are only controlled by the motor on port B, but the move tank and steer modules only allow for the use of 2 ports. ...
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How can I connect the RCX 2.0 to an external power source?
I want to build an auto-feeder with the RCX 2.0 for my cat. The problem is, that I often had to exchange the batteries. Is there an adapter for the RCX to connect it to a power point?
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LEGO Digital Designer Alternatives
I am been using LDD (LEGO Digital Designer) for my latest NXT project and noticed a major delay in building and making instructions for my Projects (My Mindstorm projects contain well over 500 pieces) ...
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Mindstorms 2.0 can't download to NXT brick with error 142023
Using Mindstorms education 2.0 on a Windows 7 computer I can't seem to get the program to see the NXT via USB or bluetooth dongle.
When connected by USB nothing appears in the NXT window with device ...
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Could not open serial port or USB device, RCX on Linux
I am trying to use my old RCX 2.0 set on Linux (Xubuntu). The problem is that when I try to download the (official) firmware into the RCX via the command:
nqc -Susb:/dev/usb/legousbtower1 -firmware ./...
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EV3 does not react to Bluetooth commands after 1.7 seconds
Short description:
I want to send commands via Bluetooth to an EV3 brick from a Linux computer.
I use python to send bytecodes via Bluetooth and not any EV3-specific software
Pairing the device was ...
