stevelin100132 / lego-nxt-remote

Lego nxt remote using Phonegap, Angular, and Typescript.

lego-nxt-remote

Lego NXT remote using Phonegap, Angular, and Typescript.

The primary purpose of this project is to help teach children how to program. The javascript API allows easier access to robot programming without getting very low level. The firmware of the Lego NXT brick does not need to be changed to use the API.

To setup the project run the following commands:

git clone git://github.com/mronemous/lego-nxt-remote.git && cd lego-nxt-remote
npm install
bower install
grunt create:cordova

Import the android project (/build/cordova/platforms/android) with your favorite IDE.

To run the local file watches and also start a local webserver.

grunt serve

TODO: grunt build currently only handles web code. Ideally it would allow release / debug configurations to create platform artifacts.

API Documentation

Create a Brick

var mac = "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"; //Mac of your brick.
var brick = new Nxt.Brick();


var driveL = new Nxt.Motor();
var driveR = new Nxt.Motor();
var cameraLift = new Nxt.Motor();

var sonarFront = new Nxt.SonarSensor();
sonarFront.name = "Front";

var sonarBack = new Nxt.SonarSensor();
sonarBack.name = "Back";

var compass = new Nxt.CompassSensor();
compass.name = "Heading";

var touch = new Nxt.TouchSensor();
touch.name = "Pressed";

brick.portA = driveL;
brick.portB = cameraLift;
brick.portC = driveR;
brick.port1 = sonarFront;
brick.port2 = touch;
brick.port3 = sonarBack;
brick.port4 = compass;

Connect to Brick

brick.connect(mac, function() {
  //connected
},
function(){
  //error connecting
});

Disconnect from Brick

brick.disconnect(mac, function() {
  //disconnected
},
function(){
  //error disconnecting
});

Write to a Motor

driveL.power = 100;
driveL.mode = Nxt.Motor.Modes.On;
driveL.regulation = Nxt.Motor.Regulation.None;
driveL.write(false);

Read a Sensor

compass.read(Nxt.CompassSensor.Registers.Degree, function(reading) {
  //Reading obtained by sensor.
},
function() {
  //Failed to get a reading from the sensor.
});

Play tone

brick.playTone(frequency, duration);

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