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.