The Art of Lego Mindstorms NXT-G Programming - Softcover

Griffin, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593272189 ISBN 13: 9781593272180

Publisher: No Starch Press, 2010

Synopsis

The LEGO MINDSTORMS software and its NXT-G programming language are powerful tools that make it easy to write custom programs for your robots. NXT-G is a great first programming language, but that doesn't mean it's easy to understand€”at least not right away.In The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming, author and experienced software engineer Terry Griffin explains how to program MINDSTORMS robots with NXT-G. You'll learn how to work with the core parts of the NXT-G language, such as blocks, data wires, files, and variables, and see how these pieces can work together. You'll also learn good programming practices, bad habits to avoid, and useful debugging strategies.As you follow along with the book's extensive instructions and explanations, you'll learn exactly how NXT-G works and how to: Write custom programs that make your robots appear to think and respond to your commands Design, create, and debug large programs

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About the Author

Terry Griffin has been a software engineer for over 20 years and has spent most of that time creating software for controlling various types of machines. He works for Carl Zeiss SMT on the Orion Helium Ion Microscope, programming the user interface and high-level control software. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Liz, a middle school math and science teacher, and their three daughters, Cheyenne, Sarah, and Samantha.

Edition details

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1593272189
• ISBN 13: 9781593272180
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288