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October 6th, 2009

Say “Good Bye” to sensor port shortage

HiTechnic Sensor MUX

I am sure I am not the only one who has run out of sensor ports before on their NXT.  Well now you need not worry about that problem anymore.  HiTechnic brought out their long-awaited Sensor MUX today.  It’s not just a port splitter but it also takes care of polling the sensors for you, so it will work with I2C and analogue sensors.  You can have up to 4 of these SMUXs connected to your NXT in all.  The following sensors are currently supported:

  • Analogue (EOPD, light sensor, gyroscope, sound sensor)
  • Lego Ultra Sonic Sensor
  • HiTechnic Compass Sensor
  • HiTechnic Colour Sensor, both the new and the old one
  • HiTechnic Accelerometer Sensor
  • HiTechnic IR Seeker Sensor, both the new and the old one

I’ve had the pleasure of owning one of these beauties for a few months now, so I could work on a ROBOTC driver for them.  I will be releasing a new version of my suite later today, so keep an eye out on the project page.