Anybody here have a Mindstorm NXT?

[nxtboy III]

Hi,
I was wondering if anybody on this forum has an NXT. If so, then please reply and say so, and also because I wanted some help and ideas for my NXT game (called After Dark, in my sig) posted here on Omnimaga.

Thanks, and have a nice day,
nxtboy III

[DJ Omnimaga]

Do you know if there are any model (that could support your game) under $150 or something? The main issue is that most people here are under 18 and barely have money (or already used it or their parent money on a $150 TI calculator and consoles) so since the Mindstorm NXT I saw was like $300 I doubt many people here bought one or can afford one.

[nxtboy III]

Well, you don't have to buy the whole set to play this game. You could just buy the brick separately from the company (About $150) or buy one off ebay (I got one for $90, (Buy it now, not bidding)). But you also need a touch sensor ($19 from the company). You also need a connector cable (Same as a printer cable, cost about $5 or less at walmart). All total, if you bought an NXT brick for $90 off ebay, it would cost around $114. The software that I use is free, and better than the software (Made by the company) that costs money.

EDIT: Here's one for $99.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Mindstorms-NXT-Intelligent-Brick-NICE-/330686863017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cfe7916a9#ht_500wt_949

[Chockosta]

I've got one of those.
I made all the constructions that are on the CD, but I never succeeded to make one without it...

EDIT : Also, I've never tried to program it in NXC... That sounds fun, I'll give it a try.

[nxtboy III]

Ok. Check out my game, After Dark, in my signature. Ask if you want the program.
Oh, and the game is in grayscale!

[DJ Omnimaga]

Ah that's good then. I might check that stuff out, providing it ships outside USA too.

[Mighty Moose]

I have one (somewhere...), version 1.0 I believe, but I haven't done much with it, mostly stuff just like what Chockosta's done.

[nxtboy III]

Cool! Could you maybe give me some ideas for my game, in my signature? Just post it there.

[Juju]

My mom wants to buy one ^_^

[DJ Omnimaga]

Cool. I myself should maybe try to get one at one point. That makes me wonder... do we have to type programs on it by hand or can we send them like a calc? If for example Nxtboy was to finish his game (he should maybe ask multiple forums for levels help since only on two semi-quiet sites it might take forever or maybe switch to tilemapping) I would like to try it, but not if I have to copy about 20000 bytes of code by hand

[Juju]

The programs are written in C or in a graphical programming language, then compiled and sent to the device. Like a calc, yeah.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Ah that's good then .

[willrandship]

On the idea level, keep in mind this has similar resolution to the 84+ (Actually closer to the 86, but whatever) and a processor similar to the nspire's.

I recommend putting in fancy-shmanacy physics.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Isn't it slower than the 84, though? Often nxtboy tested programs on it (in ASM) that ended up running slower than their 84+ counterparts.

[willrandship]

It had better not run that slow. It has a 48mHz arm CPU inside.

Maybe the OS has a lot of overhead.

Unless, he was programming for the coprocessor, which only runs 8 mHz and is an atmega chip. They're RISC cpu's too, so the comparison is skewed a little bit to their detriment.