NQC (Not Quite C)

Download NQC and development environment from http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/

Other information at http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/

Excellent (required) NQC Tutorial http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/lego/

ORTOP

Runs FIRST LEGO League competitions in Oregon www.ortop.org

Pacific Northwest Region for High School FIRST

www.pnwfirst.org

RoboLab Tutorial

On the CD or download from http://cgsweb.catlin.edu/msrobotics/html/downloads.html

Best LEGO Book

If you’re only going to buy one book, get:

Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms by Mario Ferrari

Changing LEGO USB Driver Settings

If you’re having problems with the USB tower communicating with the RCX on Windows computers (like problems downloading firmware or programs), try changing the timeout settings of the LEGO tower driver. To do this:

1. Open the Windows control panel.
2. Double click on the LEGO USB Tower Icon
3. Click on the “General” Tab
4. Double all the standard timeout values to:
   • Write Timeout: 400
   • Read timeout (1^st): 400
   • Read timeout (intercharacter): 400
   • Leave buffer setting at: 1024
5. Click OK and reboot the computer.

Contact

Feel free to contact Dale with any questions

Dale Yocum’s email address: dale@yocum.com

Middle school robotics web site: www.catlin.edu/msrobotics

High School robotics web site: www.catlin/edu/usrobotics

I’m happy to do tours of Catlin Gabel’s robotics labs for those who are interested.