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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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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 →

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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 →

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New Lab: NXT Solar Powered Car

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Explore solar energy and electric vehicles by designing and testing a solar powered car using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and Dexter Industries dSolar 4W. Continue reading →

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New Lab: Measure Heat from a Computer With a Thermal Infrared Sensor

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A great new lab from K12Lab.com: using the Thermal Infrared Sensor to Measure Heat From a Computer Continue reading →

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Labview for the dIMU

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dexter Industries

LVLM: now for the dIMU! Continue reading →

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Dexter Industries now supports LabVIEW LEGO MINDSTORMS Software

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dexter Industries

LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT virtual instruments for Dexter Industries: now available for download. Continue reading →

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Thermometer Trials

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dexter Industries

We set out to put the new Dexter Industries Thermometers  through trials.  How accurate is it?  How quickly does it respond to temperature changes?  What kind of resolution do we get with it?  Just how good is the thermometer? First, … Continue reading →

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Natural Log Iterative Calculation

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Dexter Industries

While working on some temperature programs, we found we needed to use the natural logarithm function. The natural logarithm function provided by Labview is not supported in NXT.  So we went ahead and developed this algorithm.  It works if the … Continue reading →

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