Re: NXT Program ideas
Posted: 28 May 2011, 00:24
I was thinking of creating a firmware simulator...
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You mean an emulator or bytecode interpreter*?studbrickmaster wrote:I was thinking of creating a firmware simulator...
I think that just came out, and is now available for use.muntoo wrote:...Related....
Oh no, nothing that complicated. I was just thinking of creating a NXC program that looks and works just like the NBC/NXC firmware, except, maybe I could add a few 'surprises' to it. If you names itmuntoo wrote:You mean an emulator or bytecode interpreter*?studbrickmaster wrote:I was thinking of creating a firmware simulator...
! Startup
(thanks Muntoo!) it would automaticly run when you started up your NXT, and if you downloaded a program which stopped it, you would just be back in the normal firmware until you rebooted your NXT. (Cool huh?)I think NXTboy, NXTreme or NXTFreak did something like that once... (It looked pretty awesome.) I'm not entirely sure if it was in NXC, but I think it might have been. You could try contacting them. (I know NXTreme and NXTboy are still on this forum, but I'm not sure whether or not NXTFreak disappeared since the downfall of NXTasy. He might have a blog, though.)studbrickmaster wrote:I was just thinking of creating a NXC program that looks and works just like the NBC/NXC firmware, except, maybe I could add a few 'surprises' to it.
You could always add an "exit" option whichIf you names it! Startup
(thanks Muntoo!) it would automaticly run when you started up your NXT, and if you downloaded a program which stopped it, you would just be back in the normal firmware until you rebooted your NXT. (Cool huh?)
Stop(1)
s the program. Nope, wasn't me. I must say, I'm not much of a programmer, unless it comes to Picaxe BASIC...muntoo wrote:I think NXTboy, NXTreme or NXTFreak did something like that once... ...(I know NXTreme and NXTboy are still on this forum, but I'm not sure whether or not NXTFreak disappeared since the downfall of NXTasy. He might have a blog, though.)
Yes I did notice that NXT Freak had created a project like that...nxtreme wrote:Nope, wasn't me. I must say, I'm not much of a programmer, unless it comes to Picaxe BASIC...muntoo wrote:I think NXTboy, NXTreme or NXTFreak did something like that once... ...(I know NXTreme and NXTboy are still on this forum, but I'm not sure whether or not NXTFreak disappeared since the downfall of NXTasy. He might have a blog, though.)
studbrickmaster wrote:Does anyone know if In can getv a copy of the NXTtext NXC project made by NXT Freak? I think it went down with the NXTasy forums.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=356130
http://nxtism.blogspot.com/2009/08/nxtext-nxc-v301.html
h-g-t wrote:Nope, but he is on youtube so it might be worth contacting him to see if he still has a copy - http://www.youtube.com/user/NXTFreak
I could, but I want it to seem real, so maybemuntoo wrote:You could always add an "exit" option whichstudbrickmaster wrote:If you named it! Startup
(thanks Muntoo!) it would automaticly run when you started up your NXT, and if you downloaded a program which stopped it, you would just be back in the normal firmware until you rebooted your NXT. (Cool huh?)Stop(1)
s the program.
PowerDown()
would be better.You weren't able to get a hold of him... were you?studbrickmaster wrote:Yes I did notice that NXT Freak had created a project like that...