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Brickstick - Lego NXT Programing without a PC

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Uploaded by on Jul 26, 2009

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.

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

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  • AWESOME! =)

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

  • 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!!

  • Thats COOOOOOOL!!!!

  • awesome ;)

  • Damn dude!

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

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

  • awesome!

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