Possible to run NXT program on PC simulate before I run it on nxt brick?

[belak]

1. Is it possible to run NXT program on PC simulate before I run it on nxt brick?  For example, NI has this program http://legoengineering.com/library/doc_download/126-play-the-scale.html so I want to run it on my PC first to check it and or modify it.  Then later I will install(compile) whatever to put it on the nxt brick.  Is there any type of simulation program or visual simulation of what I am about to put on the nxt brick before I put it on? 

2.  (a)What is the difference between Lego NXT-G 2.0 versus (b)(Labview Student edition $80.00 + NI LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT )? I am guessing no datalogging with just option b?

  (a= http://www.legoeducation.com/store/detail.aspx?CategoryID=178&by=9&ID=1670&c=1&t=0&l=0&bhcp=1 ) (b= http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4435 )

Thank you?.

[LabViewEnthusiast]

I do know of this one software where you can simulate the NXT, but it might only be for NXT-G programs.

SimplySim at The NXT Step

Other than that I don't think there's any way.

As for the difference between the two, there's a whole ton. Those are two different programs with very different syntaxes. Lego NXT-G is the basic software that comes with the NXT kit. It's a very scaled down version of LabVIEW and is pretty nice. LabVIEW is much more advanced and you can do much more with it, but you are restricted to using the LabVIEW NXT Toolkit and the NXT's cababilities. (no float, only so much RAM, etc.). But you can still do a ton more with it. Yes, you can data log with LabVIEW in, like, many ways.

Hope that helps! 🙂