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Correct me if I am wrong, but in the NXT-G you can control the motors using the keyboard? regarding the tutorial: I read it form start to end. It is good but basic (for someone who is familiar with programing). One thing I did not see for example is how to read the color sensor (the examples there a...

anyone can answer please?
thanks,
amit

Hi, Can I find anywhere a robotC code that will operate the color ball sorter robot which its build instructions comes with the NXT 2.0 box? I am referring to that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSde6tvGn1s In addition, where can I find a robotC example how to control the robot (even the most b...

Hi, I spend yesterday a lot of time reading the great tutorial in robotc.net. It really seems that someone invested a lot of time and effort on that and I am now confident it is a good language. One question: Does ROBOTC supports all sensors and muxes? (color, engine mux, Gyro which I intent to use ...

Xander, You recommended the book for beginners (http://discovery.laurensvalk.com/home). It indeed seems good but uses only the NXT-G. I will buy it just for the first steps, but i really like quickly to go into robotC (it seems strange to me to program with drawings). Can you please recommend on a g...

Sorry for my ignorance on that LEGO issue.
I though that the brick need to have additional hardware to support BT.
Do you mean that the brick support BT without external hardware? (of course the PC should have it)

thanks,
amit

guys,

Can you also recommend on the needed device for the USB BT?
Amit

Thanks. So I would go for the 8547 (NXT 2.0). It costs in Ebay around 350$ (strange, since in LEGO website it is 279$). Does the robot comes with the NXT-G language with all help needed inside? Should I buy separately something in order to start learning it? Now Can you tell where I can get in addit...

thanks a lot for the wonderful answers. I now understand that I have a lot to learn.

One more thing. In Ebay i see two model of NXT:8527 and 8457. There is a big price difference between them.
Can you explain the difference?

Thanks,
Amit

Hi Xander, thanks a lot for your detailed answer. one more thing: Should I start my study of the NXT with the NXT-G language or go directly to robotC? (I am new to robots but experienced in programing)? Where can I get the robotC env and what do I need in order to connect to the NXT brick? I guess t...