Re: GNAT GPL for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

[Matteo Bordin <matteo.bordin@gmail.com>]

On Jun 24, 5:15 am, Jeffrey Creem <j...@thecreems.com> wrote:
> tmo...@acm.org wrote:
> >> GNAT GPL for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
>
> >>http://libre.adacore.com/libre/tools/mindstorms/
> >   Last Thursday I registered so I could download this.  Haven't received
> > a "here's your code" email yet.  Are they just slow?
>
> Not normally. Sounds like it got caught in the spam blocker someplace.
> My son signed up on Friday I think and had the activation email in a few
> minutes.


I agree. Let us know if you do not receive the confirmation mail.


>
> I was pretty excited to get him going on this but it is still pretty raw
> and not quite ready for prime time. Still I think it is good to get it
> out there early.
>
> Install process is a bit confusing and I don't quite understand all of
> the actual prerequisites. The direct link to on file in nxtOSEK makes
> you think that is all you need (perhaps it is) but nxtOSEK itself has a
> rather a number of prerequisites that you may or may not also need.
> The documentation talks about going to the examples directory and doing
> a make but the AdaCore Mindstorms install (while somewhat complete in
> that it bundles GPS and the compiler in one installer) does not include
> make.


I suggest to have a look at the root README file you see in the
download page.
It contains all required information.


> I'd really be interested in hearing if anyone gets this going who has
> not already spent a lot of time with nxtOSEK. Looks like a good first
> effort to build on. Hopefully the effort is not wasted because a new
> mindstorms is coming out in the fall. It would be a shame if the new
> mindstorms obsoleted all of this before it ever got working in a
> semi-turnkey manner.

We tested it with interns (not the one who contributed to the
release ;-) ) and
the installation process, while not completely automated, seemed
reasonable.

I am also investigating on the spec of NXT 2.0.