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Tag Archives: temperature
Project: Thermal Infrared Turret Bot
A very cool project from a student at Tufts using the TIR sensor and the dFlex sensor. The Turret project will use a heat sensor and motors to find a person in a room and then shoot them with a rubber band. Continue reading
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Dexter Industries now supports LabVIEW LEGO MINDSTORMS Software
LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT virtual instruments for Dexter Industries: now available for download. Continue reading
Posted in dFlex, dPressure, Education, GPS, Software and Drivers, Thermal Infrared Sensor
Tagged dFlex, dgps, dPressure, drivers, GPS, labview, pressure sensor, software, temperature, thermal infrared, thermometer
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Datalogging for Dexter Industries Sensors
We’ve added new NXT-G Blocks so you can start Data Logging with our educational sensors. Continue reading
Release of the Thermal Infrared!
The Thermal Infrared Sensor is now for sale! The sensor reads surface temperatures of objects up to 700°F (+380°C). The sensor has a high accuracy of 0.5°C. If you have ever wanted to measure object temperatures, find a warm body … Continue reading
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Spreekt u Nederlands?
Dexter Industries arrives in the Nederlands! Thanks Xander! Did you like this? Share it:
Measuring Body Heat with Dexter Industries Thermal Sensors
Brian Davis just wrote a great blog post on The NXT Step about testing the DI digital thermometers by measuring his body heat while mowing the lawn. The whole blog post can be found here. Did you like this? Share … Continue reading
Thermometer Trials
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
Temperature Control For Brewing Beer
Humans have been brewing beer for thousands of years. Crucial to quality brewing is temperature control. Two typical steps in the process are steeping grains and the boil. Both steps require strict temperature control; getting it wrong can make a … Continue reading