Category Archives: Wireless

Labview for NXTBee and RS485

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dexter Industries

Andrew Milluzi just posted an in-depth article on using the NXTBee radios with Labview for LEGO MINDSTORMS (LVLM).  He gives some great background information on data Throughput, Latency, and Speed. Check out his blog post here: http://08milluz.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/throughput-latency-and-bus-speed/ You can also find … Continue reading →

Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

RoboCupJunior Rescue 2013

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dexter Industries

It’s almost time for RoboCupJunior competitions to start!  Last year some fantastic teams competed, and some very successful teams used Dexter Industries Sensors for the competition. This year we’re offering the same discounts to RoboCupJunior teams competing. Did you like this? Share … Continue reading →

Posted in RoboCup Jr, Thermal Infrared Sensor, Uncategorized, Wireless | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

NXTBee and The Flying Fortress LEGO Blimp

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Dexter Industries

We recently discovered this fantastic video of a LEGO MINDSTORMS creation: The Flying Fortress LEGO Blimp.  The project is a fantastic two-ballooned flying blimp made of LEGOs and controlled with a pair of NXTBees. Did you like this? Share it:

Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Obstacle Avoidance Using the NXTBee (Video)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Dexter Industries

We were alerted to this awesome video of the NXTBee: obstacle avoidance.  The NXTBee is used to send data back to a computer where it is processed and gives commands on how to proceed.   Did you like this? Share it:

Posted in Wireless | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

NXTBee’s and RobotC 3.5

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A quick update on RobotC 3.5 and the NXTBee. Continue reading →

Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

NXTBee USB Giveaway

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A few weeks back we announced a new product, the NXTBee USB adapter.  The adapter connects your NXT NXTBee’s to a computer. Now, we’re going to give one away . . . Did you like this? Share it:

Posted in Wireless | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

New Product: NXTBee USB Adapter

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Today we’re releasing the NXTBee USB Adapter.  We wanted to add this product because of some of the cool projects out there that can only be done by communicating through the NXTBee and your computer. The NXTBee USB is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Wireless | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Underwater Robot with the NXTBee

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Brane wrote us with a project he did for his engineering coursework that uses our NXTBee XBee Radio for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT:
Continue reading →

Posted in Wireless | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Distance Testing the NXTBee

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Dexter Industries

We recently wanted to distance test the NXTBee.  In this post, we review some of the distance results of testing the distance of the NXTBee XBee radios for LEGO MINDSTORMS. The NXTBee has some major advantages over the Bluetooth module … Continue reading →

Posted in Wireless | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

NXTBee and Labview for LEGO MINDSTORMS (LVLM)

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A few months back, Andrew Milluzi released Laview VI’s for the NXTBee. This week we tested the NXTBee with LVLM, the LabView for LEGO MINDSTORMS (LVLM). We also are posting a few examples of LEGO MINDSTORMS programming to show how to use the NXTBee and LVLM. Continue reading →

Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment