Pneumatic Pressure Sensor
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
mindsensors.com will soon be releasing its Pneumatic Pressure Sensor for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT!
This new sensor will be useful for those who use LEGO Pneumatics with the NXT as its range will be capable of measuring pressure levels from 0 to 35 PSI or 0 to 240 kg/sqcm.
The sensor will be compatible with NXT-G, RobotC, and NBC.
Update:
Following up on reader questions, we were able to obtain more details from mindsensors.com. The pneumatic sensor can measure up to 35 psi, it is used as a light sensor (i.e. it is an analog sensor, not digital, see here for a review on the difference) and when used in raw reading, it can provide sensitivity of 20 counts /psi. Please to refer the following plot.
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Hello World!
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
nxtasy.org says hello to all our readers across the globe!
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Brainier Robots, Brainier Kids?
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Do children of today’s generation need ‘brainier’ toys to spark and maintain an interest in engineering and sciences?
BusinessWeek’s Stephen Wildstrom explores this idea in a new article on the LEGO Mindstorms NXT.
“Today’s leading high-tech toys are video games,” says Wildstrom, “which mostly give children vicarious training in handling automatic weapons.” He adds, “LEGO Mindstorms NXT could be a helpful antidote.”
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Skye Updates ‘NXT Ramblings’
Thursday, August 24th, 2006FLL Freak’s Skye Sweeney has posted a few rants regarding his beef with the LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G language. Particularly, he takes aim at IDE performance, unattached comments, math operations, and broken wires.
“I am not yet at the point of discouraging the use of NXT for FLL, but I am close,” Skye says, but he is reserving final judgement hoping future firmware/software revisions resolve the issues. Else, he continues, “it could be a very long painful season.”
In the interim, Skye has a copy of ROBOLAB 2.9 on order.
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