Discusses special advanced topics including pbForth, working with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Operating System, and how to build homebrew sensors
Provides numerous sample projects with simple step-by-step instructions
Michael Gasperi has been an expert in LEGO Mindstorms sensors since they were first introduced in 1998. His popular web site and contributing chapters to Extreme Mindstorms (Apress, 2000) have guided many people through the process of building their own extensions to the kit.
Three MINDSTORMS experts have joined with the maintainer of the legOS HOWTO to produce the book that all advanced users of LEGO MINDSTORMS have been waiting for. Each author has written material based on his specialty. Dave Baum shows you how to take Not Quite C (NQC) to its limits. Ralph Hempel explains the ins and outs of pbForth. Michael Gasperi teaches you how to build numerous custom sensors with simple, systematic instructions. Luis Villa show you how (and when) to upgrade MINDSTORMS' built-in operating system to take advantage of the extra power of legOS, a complete C environment for the RCX.
Extreme MINDSTORMS: An Advanced Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS starts with an overview of the RCX firmware and includes a whole chapter on RCX 2.0. Next, the book concentrates on the steps needed to build Seeker, a light-seeking robot, and to program it in NQC. Later chapters extend Seeker's functionality using pbForth and legOS. The book concludes with two chapters on building both custom passive and custom powered sensors. These sensors can take LEGO MINDSTORMS to levels impossible to achieve with just the parts supplied in the box or available through normal channels.
|Extreme Mindstorms is for LEGO (R) MINDSTORMS (TM) enthusiasts of all ages who are interested in special projects and new programming methods that go beyond what is covered in Dave Baum's best selling book, "Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS" (Apress 1-893115- 09-7). Through the construction and programming of a demonstration robot, readers will learn advanced MINDSTORMS contruction and programming techniques.
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This book is designed to take the experienced user of Mindstorms to the next level. It contains information available nowhere else on such topics as sensor development, pbForth and LegOS. Numerous projects are presented with simple systematic instructions, and though the topics covered are advanced, readers should be able to assemble the projects and understand how they work without any prior knowledge of electronics.
Foreword.- Extreme MINDSTORMS.- The RCX.- Seeker, A Light Seeking Robot.- RCX 2.0 Firmware.- Introduction to pbForth.- Programming Seeker in pbForth.- Introduction to legOS.- Advanced legOS.- Homebrew Passive Sensors.- Homebrew Powered Sensors.- Appendices.
Über den Autor
Michael Gasperi has been an expert in LEGO Mindstorms sensors since they were first introduced in 1998. His popular web site and contributing chapters to Extreme Mindstorms (Apress, 2000) have guided many people through the process of building their own extensions to the kit.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.- Extreme MINDSTORMS.- The RCX.- Seeker, A Light Seeking Robot.- RCX 2.0 Firmware.- Introduction to pbForth.- Programming Seeker in pbForth.- Introduction to legOS.- Advanced legOS.- Homebrew Passive Sensors.- Homebrew Powered Sensors.- Appendices.
Klappentext
Three MINDSTORMS experts have joined with the maintainer of the legOS HOWTO to produce the book that all advanced users of LEGO MINDSTORMS have been waiting for. Each author has written material based on his specialty. Dave Baum shows you how to take Not Quite C (NQC) to its limits. Ralph Hempel explains the ins and outs of pbForth. Michael Gasperi teaches you how to build numerous custom sensors with simple, systematic instructions. Luis Villa show you how (and when) to upgrade MINDSTORMS' built-in operating system to take advantage of the extra power of legOS, a complete C environment for the RCX.
Extreme MINDSTORMS: An Advanced Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS starts with an overview of the RCX firmware and includes a whole chapter on RCX 2.0. Next, the book concentrates on the steps needed to build Seeker, a light-seeking robot, and to program it in NQC. Later chapters extend Seeker's functionality using pbForth and legOS. The book concludes with two chapters on building both custom passive and custom powered sensors. These sensors can take LEGO MINDSTORMS to levels impossible to achieve with just the parts supplied in the box or available through normal channels.
Extreme Mindstorms is for LEGO (R) MINDSTORMS (TM) enthusiasts of all ages who are interested in special projects and new programming methods that go beyond what is covered in Dave Baum's best selling book, "Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS" (Apress 1-893115- 09-7). Through the construction and programming of a demonstration robot, readers will learn advanced MINDSTORMS contruction and programming techniques.
