I’m a HUGE fan of Filip’s writing over at bNXT. He has recently updated his site with a great preview of the new HiTechnic compass sensor.

The new HiTecnic Lego brick adds value to my NXT set, and I believe sensors like these will bring more people to buy the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set. Users will have a wider range of sensors to build robots with. So everyone wins.
- Filip Verhaeghe

Likewise, Brian Davis over at theNXTStep has also given its readers a first look at this exciting new sensor.

I took a HiTechnic compass sensor and mounted it on JennToo, and then went ahead and wrote a program to keep the compass sensor pointed due south. The result is a fun and impressive robot that consistantly points in one direction (it’s a $250+ compass… OK, I need to make something more practical someday).
- Brian Davis

As you’ll notice in both articles, Filip and Brian highly praise the seamless integration of LEGO and HiTechnic hardware with this compass sensor. I wholeheartedly agree and cannot wait to see what else is on the horizon as the result of this terrific collaboration.

REMINDER: After all this praise to the new HiTechnic Compass sensor - the winner of the NXTasy Challenge will get one of these new sensors free of charge from HiTechnic! Click here for details.