Dave Baum's Definitive Guide To LEGO MINDSTORMS
2nd Edition
Published on 11. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVI, 432 pages
978-1-59059-063-8 (ISBN)
Description
* Updated for RIS 2.0! * No other book on the market currently covers RIS 2.0 * Author is the creator of NQC, Not Quite C, a C-like syntax language that can be used to program LEGO's * RCX programmable brick * NQC is the second most popular language used to program LEGO MINDSTORMS
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XXVI, 432 p.
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59059-063-8 (9781590590638)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
01/2000
Apress
€25.67
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Person
Dave Baum is a principal staff engineer at Motorola. With the advent of LEGO MINDSTORMS, Baum was able to combine two of his favorite pastimes: programming and building with LEGO. He then developed Not Quite C (NQC), a powerful language for programming MINDSTORMS robots that has been widely accepted by advanced users. Visit Dave's personal website at BaumFamily.org/NQC.
Content
Part I
: Fundamentals: Getting started; The RCX; Introduction to NQC; Construction.-
PartII
: Robots: Tankbot; Bumpbot; Bugbot; Linebot; Dumpbot; Scanbot; Tribot; Onebot; Steerbot; Diffbot; Brick Sorter; Vending Machine; Communication; Using the Datalog; Roboarm.- Appendix A: MINDSTORMS Sets.- Appendix B: Supplementary Parts.- Appendix C: Programming Tools.- Appendix D: NQC Quick Reference.- Appendix E: Online Resources.- Index.