1. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder1 NXC Information  Not eXactly C  very similar to NQC  Currently has more NXT API supported than LeJOS NXJ  02-05-07  Uses NBC for compiles and download  Uses underlying Mindstorms firmware version 1.02 or newer - Ours is 1.03

2. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder2 NXC Setup and Install  Copy NXC folder to c:\  On a DVD handed out in class  Add folder containing NBC.exe to PATH  c:\NXC\NBC  Create a nxcprojects folder as a sibling to your javaprojects folder

3. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder3 NXC/NBC Documentation  Not eXactly C (NXC) Programmer's Guide  c:\NXC\NXCDocs\NXC_Guide.pdf  Programming Lego Robots using NQC  c:\NXC\NXCDocs\NQC_Tutorial.pdf  NBC Manual  c:\NXC\NBC\NBCDocs\NBCManual\NBC Manual.htm

4. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder4 BricxCC for NXT Information  Early release v3.3, 01-29-2007  Copy BricxCC folder to c:\  original *.zip file in here  Create shortcut on desktop  Read the ReadMe file

5. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder5 BricxCC Setup  Edit, Preferences  Compiler  Common: preferred language NXC  NBC/NXC  Include:.;c:\NXC\NXB  EXE:.;c:\NXC\NXB

6. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder6 Compile and Download  F5 is compile  F6 is download  Notice program number next to F5 and F6 commands  Program location to load on NXT brick

7. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder7 Explore the NXT  NeXTExplorer (GUI)  Find it in the c:\BricxCC folder  Use to download sound files and other things

8. CSCI 394© 2007 JW Ryder8 Samples  Good ones in the NXCSamples folder  Print and study “Alpha Rex” code