Upgrading mindstorms 1.0 software

RED ev3. RED Light off brick. LEFT in brick. LEFT in ev3. HELLO ev3. HOLD as the default instead of Stop. This improves accuracy in most applications. You can still select Stop. COAST if you like. The internal PID controllers for the motors are more accurate than before. If you give a motor command when it is already running, it smoothly adjusts the speed to the newly given command.

This works even if you keep adjusting the speed in a fast loop. Methods to configure motor settings have changed. You can change settings using the control attribute now. The old settings setters continue to exist in the implementation, but they are no longer documented. So-called Python keyword arguments are now supported. Previously, you could only enter the argument values. HOLD , False. I suspect that there were many like me who read the help file and just figured the Detected Color output was used just as it was described and did not even try like me to use the output for anything else.

I will try that soon. Thanks Andy P. Now if LEGO would just change the help file. Dec 25, , AM. Dave Parker said…. It requires a different NXT-G block so you will need to edit any programs using it , but worse: 2.

Calibration is not supported. So programs that depend on the NXT-G calibration feature either via the built-in Calibrate program available in the menu, or via the Calibrate block will not get the calibration they expect.

I have posted a few projects on nxtprograms. Nevertheless, this expansion kit should be very useful to a lot of 2. Bill, a suggestion to control costs: Offer the kit without either a Light Sensor or Sound sensor, clearly mark as such, and link to where you can buy either or both of these direct from lego.

Sorry to have derailed this into a discussion about the Color vs. Light Sensor. To slow this I will post a topic on the forums in the General Discussion area. I think Dave's idea about a kit without any sensors is a great idea as well. Aug 5, , AM. I just looked at the LEGO online store, and after a year the new color sensor still can't be bought separately. The hardware for the NXT brisk is the same in any case. Unless you plan to use any alternative language on the NXT, which makes this difference irrelevant.

See my answer below. A big difference is that the 1. Samantha Connelly Samantha Connelly 71 3 3 bronze badges. What is the "different sensor" please? BobDoolittle While a little late, the "different sensor" is a sound sensor. The NXT 2. BobDoolittle BobDoolittle 1, 1 1 gold badge 11 11 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges.

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