Category Archives: projects

Connecting the Arduino and the LEGO MINDSTORMS: HowTo

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Dexter Industries

This week we got back to our hacking spree: we made an Arduino and LEGO MINDSTORMS talk.  This weeks example gets the Arduino and the NXT Did you like this? Share it:

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Raspberry Pi and the LEGO MINDSTORMS Touch Sensor

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Dexter Industries

Continuing our Raspberry Pi Hacking Spree . . .  this week we put together a quick HowTo on getting the Raspberry Pi to read a LEGO MINDSTORMS Touch Sensor. Did you like this? Share it:

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Raspberry Pi and LEGO MINDSTORMS Sensors

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Dexter Industries

This week we’ve posted a quick tutorial to show how we connected an amazing little computer called the Raspberry Pi and some amazing LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors. For those that haven’t heard, the Raspberry Pi is a small, $25 Linux … Continue reading →

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iPhone Controlled LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Dexter Industries

An iPhone controlled LEGO MINDSTORMS robot (video) Continue reading →

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NXTChuck Pong Game

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Pong is back! Continue reading →

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NXTMIDI Audio Interface Board

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A very cool LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT project from Tufs University. A student has put together a prototype musical instrument shield using the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. Continue reading →

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A new Dexter project and teammate

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Adam

Hi everyone, my name is Adam and I’m an engineer at Dexter Industries.  I hacked a dSolar adapter for the 9v power coupling on our NXTBee Pro and Wifi units.  I thought it would be fun to power some of … Continue reading →

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World’s First LEGO Wheelchair

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Simon Burfield has made the world’s first working LEGO Wheelchair.  A fully life-sized wheelchair able to carry a 90 kg human, the chair uses 7 MINDSTORMS bricks and a ton of NXT motors and Omniwheels. Simon has some great pictures of … Continue reading →

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Quadrotor, LEGO, and Arduino

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Today, we’re just working on some far out projects. One thing we’ve wanted to work on for a long time is a quadrotor. Naturally, we made some mistakes, and were only able to get two rotors working. But here’s a video of the first test-flight. Continue reading →

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dCompass Ideas, Giveaway

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dexter Industries

dCompass project ideas and a givewaway. Continue reading →

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