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| ====== About LEGO Mindstorms NXT platform ====== | ====== About LEGO Mindstorms NXT platform ====== | ||
| - | FIXME, [[plnxtdev:about_nxt_merge|needs merging]] | + | The minimum knowledge needed to use the PLNXT: |
| + | * [[mindstorms:description|A short description]]. | ||
| + | * [[mindstorms:kit|LEGO Mindstorms NXT set]]. | ||
| + | * [[mindstorms:interface|Description of the most useful elements of the brick interface.]] | ||
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| + | These materials are part of the [[mindstorms:start|AGH Laboratory - LEGO Mindstorms]] site. | ||
| ====== Documentation ====== | ====== Documentation ====== | ||
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| ====== Download ====== | ====== Download ====== | ||
| ===== Release M0 ===== | ===== Release M0 ===== | ||
| - | Download release {{:plnxt:plnxt-m0.tar.gz|PlNXT-M0}} | + | //20.02.2009//: Download release {{:plnxt:plnxt-m0.tar.gz|PlNXT-M0}} |
| + | ===== Release M3 ===== | ||
| + | //09.05.2010//: Download release {{:plnxt:plnxt-m3.1.tar.gz|PlNXT-M3.1}} | ||
| - | ====== Quick Start ====== | + | ====== Setup ====== |
| - | If you have not used the Mindstorms NXT yet, I recommend the LEGO instruction. Nice, colorful, with pictures. :) If you are too lazy for that, start with a brief description of Mindstorms NXT (FIXME link), necessary to use PLNXT. There is a knowledge of the NXT platform there, reduced as it can be. | + | If you have not used the Mindstorms NXT yet, I recommend the LEGO instruction. Nice, colorful, with pictures. :) If you are too lazy for that, start with a [[#about_lego_mindstorms_nxt_platform|LEGO Mindstorms NXT]] brief description, necessary to use PLNXT. There is a knowledge of the NXT platform there, reduced as it can be. |
| - | Download and unzip the current version of PLNXT. You can find it in the download section [[student:msc2009_nxtapi:plnxt_en#download|download section]]. | + | Download and unzip the current version of PLNXT. You can find it in the [[#download|download section]]. |
| - | ===== Basic setup ===== | + | ===== Environment setup ===== |
| - | Various communication modules require different environment preparation. Temporarily, it is possible to use only the “serial” module. Soon this will be corrected. Therefore, further instructions are prepared only for this module. | + | Various communication modules require different environment preparation: |
| + | * ''nxt_actions_serial'' -- using local serial port, | ||
| + | * ''nxt_actions_icommand'' -- using [[http://lejos.sourceforge.net/icommand.php|iCommand]] (Java), | ||
| + | * ''nxt_actions_sockets'' -- using TCP sockets. | ||
| - | ==== nxt_actions_serial module ==== | + | Temporarily, it is possible to use only the ''serial'' module. Soon this will be corrected. Therefore, further instructions are prepared only for this module. |
| - | ==== nxt_actions_icommand module ==== | + | |
| - | ==== nxt_actions_sockets module ==== | + | ==== Serial module ==== |
| + | [[conf_serial|Setup for GNU/Linux]] | ||
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| + | ==== iCommand module ==== | ||
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| + | ==== Sockets module ==== | ||
| ====== First steps ====== | ====== First steps ====== | ||
| - | FIXME! [[first_steps]] | + | If you already have a properly prepared environment (see [[#setup|setup]]), you can move on and write simple programs. I encourage you to review [[first_steps|''first steps'']]. |
| ====== Related sites ====== | ====== Related sites ====== | ||
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| + | See [[mindstorms:links]] at the [[mindstorms:start|AGH Laboratory - LEGO Mindstorms]] site. | ||
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| ====== Licence ====== | ====== Licence ====== | ||
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| * you want to give us advices, suggestions, comments, etc. | * you want to give us advices, suggestions, comments, etc. | ||
| - | E-mail: holownia(_at_)agh.edu.pl | + | E-mail: holownia(_at_)agh.edu.pl or gjn(_at_)agh.edu.pl |
| ====== Development ====== | ====== Development ====== | ||
| - | [[plnxtdev:start]] | + | For [[mindstorms:plnxt:plnxtdev:start|developers]]. |
| ====== News/problems ====== | ====== News/problems ====== | ||
| - | **Jan 14, 2009**\\ | + | * **Jan 14, 2009** -- PLNXT was used during classes with students. We hope to get feedback that will help remove errors. Before that, work on the communication layer module using serial connection, based directly on the LEGO protocol, were in progress. This protocol provides greater capabilities than used previously icommand and sockets modules. One of its features is that it can synchronize engines. Higher layer has been modified to make the most of what provides the LEGO protocol. It should be re-converted so it could be used with communication layer modules, which do not provide engines synchronization, as well as these modules. At this point, it is possible to use only the serial module as a communication layer. |
| - | PLNXT was used during classes with students. We hope to get feedback that will help remove errors. Before that, work on the communication layer module using serial connection, based directly on the LEGO protocol, were in progress. This protocol provides greater capabilities than used previously icommand and sockets modules. One of its features is that it can synchronize engines. Higher layer has been modified to make the most of what provides the LEGO protocol. It should be re-converted so it could be used with communication layer modules, which do not provide engines synchronization, as well as these modules. At this point, it is possible to use only the serial module as a communication layer. | + | |
