Controlling your robot with a Playstation 2 remote is all well and good but what if you want to use something else? No worries, with the new Mindsensors Playstation 2 controller interface, you can also get a model that can receive IR signals from a standard TV remote. Sounds cool? [...]
The folks at Dexter Industries don’t seem to need any sleep, it seems. They’ve published a new set of program samples that allow you to communicate with your robot over WiFi through WebSocket using the dWiFi sensor. What is WebSocket, I hear you ask? According to Wiki: WebSocket is a [...]
The mailman brought me a very nice package today, courtesy of the fine folks at Mindsensors! Among its contents was a brand new PSP-Nx V4-c, the PS2 Controller Interface for NXT, together with a wireless PS2 Controller. So what makes the new V4 better than the V3? For one, there’s [...]
Dexter Industries have re-launched one of their first products, the dSwitch. The dSwitch is a device that allows you to control a main-operated device with your NXT! Pretty freaking cool, if you ask me! The possibilities are endless: Setup your NXT to turn on the coffee maker in the morning, [...]
HiTechnic have released a new product; the HiTechnic Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor. With this sensor you can detect movement of warm bodies, such as pets and people. How does it work? All warm bodies, such as people and pets emit a certain amount of heat, which is Infrared radiation. This [...]
What is SNMP? When I got my NXT2WIFI sensor from Daniele I was quite sure what I wanted to make with it: an SNMP agent. What is an SNMP agent, you say? SNMP, short for Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol that, as you may have guessed by now, [...]
The mailman brought me a cool new toy to play with this afternoon! It’s the Mindsensors GlideWheel-M! These are so cool, you can now use the Large XL Power Functions motor with the same degree of accuracy as an NXT motor. The GlideWheel-M is just a single unit thick and [...]
Mindsensors have been working on an IMU of their own. It has a compass, and accelerometer, as well as a 3-axis gyro. It can be used is available in two configurations: Accelerometer and Compass or Gyro Accelerometer and Compass and Gyro. Seems a bit strange to have to chose between these [...]
Daniele Benedettelli is looking for help, your help! He has developed a new WiFi sensor for the NXT called the NXT2WIFI. So what is the NXT2WIFI? Obviously it’s a WiFi sensor for the NXT it’s a bit more than that. It also has a web server built into it that [...]
New Kid on the WiFiBlock A new player has entered the arena of WiFi sensors. A French company by the name of HumaRobotics has developed a new WiFI sensor for the NXT, the WiFiBlock. This sensor is a bit different from existing sensors in that it uses I2C, not RS485 [...]
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