Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level

✍ Scribed by Michael Gasperi, Philippe Philo Hurbain, Isabelle Hurbain (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by three world-leading experts in LEGO Mindstorms homebrew hardware, this book contains the detailed instructions for the construction of sensors and other extensions to the NXT. Over 15 projects are explained with well-illustrated, clear, step-by-step instructions so people with even limited experience in electronics can follow. Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO Mindstorms NXT to the Next Level is for intermediate-level users of NXT who would like to advance their capabilities by learning some of the basics of electronics. It makes a great reference for the NXT hardware interfaces. Examples even come complete with multiple, alternative NXT languages.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
In the Beginning....Pages 1-5
In the Box....Pages 7-25
Connecting to the NXT....Pages 27-45
Contact Sensors....Pages 47-56
Resistive Sensors....Pages 57-86
Potentiometer Sensors....Pages 87-104
Voltage Sensors....Pages 105-112
4.3V Powered Sensors....Pages 113-130
Two-Wire Powered Sensors....Pages 131-147
Aftermarket Vendors....Pages 149-152
NXT Motor Interfaces....Pages 153-161
Beyond NXT Motors....Pages 163-190
I 2 C Bus Communication....Pages 191-215
Cool Combinations....Pages 217-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-286

✦ Subjects

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems