I decided to finally make a blog and a special surprise!

[milluzaj]

Last week I decided to make a blog. It is mostly LEGO MINDSTORMS stuff but a few other related posts will likely pop in. The blog is at http://08milluz.wordpress.com

I will be hosting all my public files from this site.

Now for the surprise. If you wonder over to the blog and look at the files section, you might notice some new VIs, and NXT-G blocks. Not saying anything specific, but there might be a few things of interest. I will be adding even more "surprise blocks" over the next week so check back often!

Have fun!!

[bungeshea]

AWSOME!

[milluzaj]

I have also posted some sample NXT-G code up there to go with the surprise blocks. I have some more blocks to post tonight. It is going to be a very active week on that blog!

[dimasterooo]

great! So you made the space shuttle? Luv thst thing! well.. I subscribed and you're on my blogrol

[milluzaj]

I just uploaded a new RS485 block with the new 2.0 VIs. Adding numeric support and boolean support tomorrow.

Also note, in testing these VIs, I learned the screen has a refresh rate of about 50 ms. You might need a wait to display some of the stuff at higher speeds.

[haydenstudios]

Hey! great to see you active here again! It seems that Xander was wrong. I guess that your recent activity here has some connection with that file you placed in the drop box the other day? I guess that we kinda got out of touch at one point after you had collected all the feedback you needed from the RS485 NXT-G block.

[timpattinson]

I learned the screen has a refresh rate of about 50 ms. You might need a wait to display some of the stuff at higher speeds.

10 FPS, hardware limitation.

[muntoo]

10 FPS, hardware limitation.

Has anyone actually tested that? You could try using NeXTScreen at 50ms poll rate with AVI capture, and see how many frames you can see of the line growing:

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//#define POINT

task main()
{
    for(int x = 0; x < 100; x += 5)
    {
#ifdef POINT
        PointOut(x, 32, 1);
#else
        LineOut(0, 32, x, 32, 1);
#endif
        Wait(50);
    }
}

[timpattinson]

Edit: moved to https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/mind ... ?f=2&t=953

[milluzaj]

So I shouldnt say that most of my top secret stuff is done (there is a rather cool one in the works now), but the shuttle was a huge time sink. So I do have some more free time now.

I started the blog to give people a look into what I do (both at work and for fun). The really nice thing is that I can blog from my cell phone. In case you havent noticed, there have been some "quiet" updates and new blocks/files. I am in the process of pumping out another 2 blocks (hopefully tonight) and another in the next few weeks. I will post when I hit a "milestone" but you should check back (at least once a day) as some of the updates/blocks post to little to no pomp and circumstance.

To that end, there is a new rev B RS485 block and the NXTBee block also changed slightly from the original one posted. (Removed some of the debugging stuff and the annoying beep when it had to try to resend.)

The blocks coming over the next few days will be a RS485 2.0 block (actual version number will be likely 2.1) that has support for booleans and numeric in put. The same goes with the NXTBee (again, probably a version bump there). They may be up in a few hours, maybe this weekend. I will post when they are ready.

Also, if you want a brief hint at what is coming down the line, check the projects page. If there is interest I might keep that page updated as projects progress.

Andy "loves his job" Milluzzi