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DIWIFI Weather: Improved

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Dexter Industries

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Coming Soon for WIFI . . .

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A quick preview on something we’re working on with the WIFI sensor . . . Continue reading →

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The Internet of Things: Pachube With DIWIFI and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Pachube (pronounced as “Patch bay”) is an on-line database service allowing people to connect sensor-derived data. Now, with the WIFI sensor, your robot can get and share data with the rest of the world. Continue reading →

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WIFI: Updated NXC Library

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Wifi: Now for NXC. Continue reading →

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Lego Street View Car: Part 2

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Sequels are rarely better than the original.  But Mark Crosbie has done a fantastic job making the first LEGO Street View Car into an even more awesome LEGO Street View Car.  This is NOT the sequel that bombed . . .
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WIFI Week: Twitter Temperature

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Dexter Industries

The final part of our Wifi Week! In this final example, we demonstrate how to send a message to Twitter from your robot. Check out how we use the Wifi Sensor to Tweet the Temperature! Continue reading →

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WIFI Week: Setting Up a Webserver

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Setting up a webserver for your MINDSTORMS robot can be done now with the Dexter Industries Wifi sensor.  A few months back, Botbench setup an incredible example of a webserver.  This example is based largely off the work done there. … Continue reading →

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WIFI Week: PING!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Part 3 of our Wifi Week examples: ping! Find the IP address of your favorite website, and then ping it. Got a fast connection? Prove it with Ping! Continue reading →

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WIFI Week: Communicating with Computers

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Dexter Industries

The second installment of Wifi Week at Dexter Industries. Today we’ll be walking you through our example of how to connect to other computers and internet devices with TCP protocol. In this post we use our wifi sensor to make a Lego MINDSTORMS NXT that receives texts. Continue reading →

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WIFI Week: Connecting The Wifi Sensor to a Network

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Our first installment of Wifi Week goes over how to configure the Dexter Industries Wifi sensor, and connect to a home wifi network. Continue reading →

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