MINDSTORMS Support. Customer service. 10.4 Can I program the NXT Brick using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 Software? You can program your NXT Brick using the new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Software. That make your robots respond in different ways while the EV3 Commander App allows you to use your smart device as a remote control to steer your.
Here is the program. Hold wiimote with IR camera facing away from you and level. Tilt wiimote down to go forward tilt wiimote backward to go backward tilt wiimote right to turn right tilt wiimote left to turn left tilt wiimote down and right to go forward to the right tilt wiimote up and right to go backward to the right tilt wiimote down and left to go forward to the left tilt wiimote up and left to go backward to the left plus button increases speed minus button decreases speed right button on gamepad increases spin speed left button on gamepad decreases spin speed a button increases turn ratio b button decreases turn ratio double click home button to reopen glove pie. That's pretty cool!
It looks like you've essentially used your computer as a 'translator' that takes the sensor data from the wii remote and then send out motor commands to the NXT. A great writeup about what the 'translator' program is sending down to the NXT over bluetooth can be read here: This is a great step by step tutorial of how to send down commands to the NXT. Additionally there are a bunch of free apps you can download for your computer and other mobile devices.
If you can any questions - post your questions up there! Hope this helps, Robotman2.
3.2 What are the recommended system requirements to run LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 Home Edition? Microsoft Windows:. Windows Vista (32/64-bit) with the latest service packs or later versions of Windows. Dual core processor 2.0 GHz or better.
2GB of RAM or more. 2GB of available hard-disk space. XGA display (1024 x 768).
1 available USB port Apple Macintosh:. Mac OS 10.6 with the latest service packs or later versions of Mac OS. Dual core processor 2.0 GHz or better. 2GB of RAM or more.
2GB of available hard-disk space. XGA display (1024 x 768). 1 available USB port. 3.11 Will the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 software work on my tablet? The free EV3 Programmer App – available on the App Store and from Google Play – allows you to program your robots from your tablet via Bluetooth. Compared to the programming software for PCs and Macs, the app is more simple to use and does not include some of the more advanced programming features such as data blocks and calculations.
We recommend the EV3 Programmer App for everyone who is new to LEGO MINDSTORMS or who prefers to be able to program their robot even if they are not close to a stationary PC or Mac. For the complete EV3 software package you have to install the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 software to a PC or Mac. This version of the software is currently not available for tablets. 3.13 What are the new features in the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 Home Edition Software versus NXT? There are many new features and improvements from the NXT Software to the EV3 Software.
Some of the more noticeable ones are: Lobby:. New full screen Lobby to navigate through the content provided including access to the project files for the five EV3 Hero Robots, TRACK3R, SPIK3R, R3PTAR, GRIPP3R and EV3RSTORM, plus direct links to the 12 Fan-made Bonus Robots. Content Editor:. Content is editable directly inside the software, enabling customization of existing projects or creation of new ones from scratch. Tighter integration between the EV3 Brick and the programming environment:.
The hardware page enables monitoring of the status and values measured by all the hardware elements. Hardware elements are automatically recognized thanks to Auto ID. Bluetooth configuration is facilitated by the USB-to-Bluetooth features.
Debugging features are now part of the programming environment:. Execution highlight. Programming blocks will display a warning symbol if expected hardware by the programming block is different from the detected hardware by Auto ID. Probes enable seeing the values go through the data wires. New programming blocks’ possibilities:. Simple strip programming by snapping blocks together (no need to use the beam anymore).
Block parameters are configured directly on blocks. Read the program sequence directly on blocks.
Improved sequence wires facilitate showing the structure of the program and create parallel execution. “Wait for change” has been added to easily create robots that behave according to change in the environment, as opposed to waiting for the threshold, which only works by comparing measured values.
Data wires are improved and data casting has been added to simplify data type conversion. Arrays integrated in the standard blocks. Loop Interruption is now possible, enabling the creation of advanced state control mechanisms. 3.16 How do I update the EV3 Software?
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Under Help at the top menu bar of the EV3 Software, you can enable the EV3 Software to automatically check for updates. By clicking Check for Software Updates, a check mark will appear and the EV3 Software will regularly check for updates. (This requires an Internet connection.) If a relevant update is available, you will be notified by the EV3 Software. If you wish to install the EV3 Software update, you will be taken to LEGO.com/mindstorms where you can download the update file. Once downloaded, you can install the update. 6.2 How do the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 sensors compare with the NXT sensors? The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Sensors are completely new sensors, providing a better build interface, higher performance, and more accuracy than NXT Sensors.
The EV3 Color Sensor can detect 7 colors (and no colors) as opposed to the NXT Color Sensor which can detect 6 colors. With the EV3 Color Sensor you have Reflected Light mode which removes background light. The EV3 sensors can return new values 1000 times/sec where the NXT sensors only return new values 333 times/sec.