mindsensors.com has updated their site and is now taking orders for their ACCL-Nx digital acceleration sensor for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Capable of capturing static and/or dynamic acceleration data in different axes, the ACCL-Nx can be used as a tilt sensor or to plot velocity profiles.

• Uses NXT compatible I2C protocol for communications.
• Detects acceleration as small as 10mg (depending on sensitivity and two axis or three axis versions)
• Various options available to select from like 2 axis or 3 axis and available in different sensitivity.
• Supplied with cable compatible with mindstorms NXT
• Supports Auto Detecting Parallel Architecture (ADPA) for sensors. This means that ACCL-Nx can co-exist with LEGO or third party digital sensor on the same NXT port. This enables user to employ several sensors on the same port without the need of external sensor multiplexer, reducing the overall size.

mindsensors.com also gives us a preview of new products soon to be available for LEGO Mindstorms NXT:

Temperature Sensor

The Temperature sensor enhances the suite of faculties of NXT. It will interface with NXT with Digital interface and provide ambient temperature reading in either Degrees or Fahrenheits.

NXT Motor Extender

NXT Motor Extender supports two nxt motors with encoder (standard nxt motors). These motors can be controlled using on board PID control to act as servo motors.

These two motors can be operated at fixed velocity, or fixed position or in a synchronized mode to make the robot move along straight line.

This new extender is designed to ‘insert in-line’ on a NXT sensor port, so that your sensors can further be connected to this extender.