Trig functions in NXT-G

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Trig functions in NXT-G

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Are there any blocks for the standard trig functions in NXT-G 2.0? There used to be one for NXT-G that used fixed point math but it was sssssllllloooooowwww, up to 0.1 second per function (sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan), which is unacceptable for me.

Are the normal trig functions even part of the standard firmware or can they only be found in the enhanced firmware?

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mightor wrote:Are there any blocks for the standard trig functions in NXT-G 2.0? There used to be one for NXT-G that used fixed point math but it was sssssllllloooooowwww, up to 0.1 second per function (sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan), which is unacceptable for me.

Are the normal trig functions even part of the standard firmware or can they only be found in the enhanced firmware?
I think I remember seeing a block over on NXTa-woops. darn. Guess we're going to have to recreate that index of NXT-G blocks.

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What trig blocs did you use? Claude Baumann's ones seem reasonably fast (though using integer and NXT 1 FW):
Sin/Cos and Atan / Atan2
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mightor wrote:Are the normal trig functions even part of the standard firmware or can they only be found in the enhanced firmware?
The latest version of the standard firmware has a section of code that has been commented out using #if 0 ... #endif which contained an implementation of the standard trig functions (sin, cos, tan). The NXT-G compiler probably would have needed to be changed to support new opcodes and that may be why they decided not to add them to the firmware. Radian and degree versions of trig functions are available in abundance in the enhanced NBC/NXC firmware but there isn't any way to use them in NXT-G.

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philoo wrote:What trig blocs did you use? Claude Baumann's ones seem reasonably fast (though using integer and NXT 1 FW):
Sin/Cos and Atan / Atan2
Philo,

Ah so it;s not 100ms, but 14ms per operation, that's still quite slow for what I want to do with it. I was hoping to be able to use native calls through NXT-G blocks. I guess I'll have to use something else.

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mightor wrote:Ah so it;s not 100ms, but 14ms per operation, that's still quite slow for what I want to do with it. I was hoping to be able to use native calls through NXT-G blocks. I guess I'll have to use something else.
Oh, come on. I did my Omni stuff with NXT-G...

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if you want I have a folder on my computer with every single block from nxtasy's repo organized by type (advanced, sensor, ect) so if anyone wants a block before the new blocks get posted I have them at easy acess.
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hassenplug wrote:
mightor wrote:Oh, come on. I did my Omni stuff with NXT-G...
I want to do more than just control the wheels, I need time to do other stuff, too :)

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hassenplug wrote: I think I remember seeing a block over on NXTa-woops. darn. Guess we're going to have to recreate that index of NXT-G blocks.
I was in the process of creating a back-up on th Lroboticas wiki. It is very incomplete, but it may be a start:
http://lrobotikas.net/wiki/index.php?ti ... para_NXT-G
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Re: Trig functions in NXT-G

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Xander,

Is there a particular reason why you want to limit yourself to using NXT-G ?
NXT-G might not always be the best choice for advanced use cases.
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