Bot Bench I'd Rather Be Building Robots
As mentioned on the Lego-X blog, Mindsensors have some pretty cool things for us in store in the next coming months. I spoke with Deepak from Mindsensors a few days ago about some of the things they are working on in their lab and it’s pretty exciting stuff.
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| A dual relay controller, rated at 30V and 13Amps. That’s a LOT of power. | This Servo Operated Pneumatic Valve can be controlled from NXT using NXTServo-v2. It looks like a very compact setup. | The mystery sensor. Deepak mentioned this one in passing long ago and we spoke about it in our last conversation. I think many people will love this sensor. | The OBD-II interface controller. OBD-II is a standard interface used in the automotive industry to read diagnostics information from your car’s onboard computer. |
There is also an altimeter in the works but there are no cool pictures of that on their coming soon page.
So there you have it, many things are a-brewing in the Mindsensors kitchen!
I make the servo operated pneumatic valve all the time using PF motors. It works great, plus you don’t have to use any motor ports, just a single sensor port with the HT IRL. I can run up to 8 valves. My current project has 4 of ’em on it.