https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Eiffel_NXTEiffel NXT - Revision history2026-04-07T09:10:24ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.1https://dev.eiffel.com/index.php?title=Eiffel_NXT&diff=9252&oldid=prevBertrand Meyer at 21:21, 8 August 20072007-08-08T21:21:30Z<p></p>
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== Overview ==<br />
There are a number of libraries springing up to support communication with [http://mindstorms.lego.com LEGO NXT Mindstorms] "bricks" remotely. Popular ones include a transport layer for communicating with the brick. Communication general is channeled through bluetooth or a hardwired USB connection. <br />
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Using an API the developer can query information on attached sensors, both LEGO sensors and third party sensors, like those developed by [http://www.hitechnic.com/ HiTechnic], or activate any connected servos. The remote APIs unbind developers from the confines of using the packaged limiting graphical builder (NXG), a micro amount of disk space (128KB) and volatile memory (32K). The APIs also permit access to external data stores, use of processor intensive computations/AI as well as many other things.<br />
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== Existing APIs ==<br />
A number of popular APIs are written in C#, Java, Perl and another written in Python. Microsoft even have integrated support in the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/ Robotics Studio].<br />
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* C# - http://lego.fokke.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2<br />
* Java - http://lejos.sourceforge.net/<br />
* Perl - http://nxt.ivorycity.com/<br />
* Python - http://home.comcast.net/~dplau/nxt_python/index.html<br />
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== The Project == <br />
A project for a group at ETH would no only include writing such an API but also building a cross-platform library for communicating using Bluetooth and USB. EiffelStudio could then be extended to deploy a compiled project to the NXT brick, after a successful compilation. EiffelStudio could also be extended to support running and aborting programs on the brick, via the Run and Stop EiffelStudio commands.</div>Paulb