Brickstick - Lego NXT Programing without a PC

This is my video submission for the Microsoft Dare to Dream Different contest (http://dreamdifferentcontest.com). The contest required entrants to build an embedded application using the new .Net Micro framework which allows C# programming on a resource constrained platform. The entry needed to use a prototyping board with touch screen provided Microsoft. My entry was a touchscreen driven programming & execution environment called Brickstick that allows Lego I\O to be connected to the prototyping board and programed and run controlled without the use of a PC. All programming and execution is done through the touch screen. This makes it easy to build remote controlled robot with sophisticated features, without the complexity of a complex programming environment. My entry used a number of complex I/O types utilising the I2C bus such as the NXTCam, NXTServo and PFMate, all designed and built by Mindsensors. Its also used some other interesting I/O types such as the BlinkM and an LED array. Unfortunately the sound quality is not very good as I needed to use a Bluetooth wireless headset to record the sound when my PC card failed. Towards the end of the video you can see a robot I built called the Mighty Digger which shows off Brickstick in its best light. Many thanks to Mindsensors for their support in getting the sensors up and running on this non-conventional platform.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Lego
• NXT
• Microsoft
• Microframework
• c#
• Mindsensors
• Remote
• Control
• Robot
• Mighty
• Digger
• BlinkM
• NXTServo
• NXTCam
• Dare
• To
• Dream
• Different

[hasni3000]

can you tell me where can i get the hardware please?

[ottaviobrioches]

AWESOME! =)

[mshailz12]

omg the touch thing is from a dsi or a ds lite !!!!!! :o

[hardmouse1972]

That's insane dude!! It's way far complex than USING PC. I don't even how do you get that small monitor on video card. Is that video card? See... dude! you are war far beyond our knowledge!!

[MattiePC]

Thats COOOOOOOL!!!!

[judasizm]

awesome ;)

[Lostworld711]

Damn dude!

[Mato0092]

This is awesome! I hope someone will start selling these!

[bazmarc]

wow this is far from my LEGO hobby -- great contest entry -- all the best hope you win!!

[Mindstormscreator]

awesome!