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Tag Archives: xbee
Obstacle Avoidance Using the NXTBee (Video)
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:
NXTBee USB Giveaway
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:
Underwater Robot with the NXTBee
Brane wrote us with a project he did for his engineering coursework that uses our NXTBee XBee Radio for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT:
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Distance Testing the NXTBee
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
leJOS Class for NXTBee
Mark at Mastincrosbie.com has just released a leJos class for the NXTBee. The new class makes it easy to integrate wireless communications with the NXTBee into your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT project. Continue reading
Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless
Tagged lejos, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXTBee, software, wireless, xbee
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NXTBee Direct Communication (Beta)
We’ve recently been working on an example to communicate directly to individual XBee radios. The NXTBee allows for mesh-networking and a whole lot of other really awesome capabilities of the XBee radio system. One of those capabilities is to be able to send messages directly on a single radio, and only that radio. Continue reading
Posted in Wireless
Tagged lego, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, NXTBee, RobotC, software, xbee
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New NXTBee Library
Mark Crosbie recently developed an advanced, yet easy to use library for the NXTBee. The library surpasses anything we’ve developed for the NXTBee in terms of ability to send data: both for ease of use and for advanced user capabilities. Continue reading
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Tagged mindstorms NXT, NXTBee, RobotC, software, wireless, xbee
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RoboCupJunior Discount: NXTBee
Discount on NXTBee for RoboCupJunior teams! If you are a RoboCupJunior team that would like to use the NXTBee for communications between LEGO™ MINDSTORMS™ NXT’s in your competitions, we want to support you. Continue reading
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Tagged discount, NXTBee, Robocup Jr, ROBOCUPJUNIOR, wireless, xbee
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Live Plotting Map Data from the dGPS
Live Data Plotting from the dGPS using the NXTBee. Continue reading
Multirobot Roundup
Multirobot Communication Examples from Robotics Academy using the NXTBees and Lego Mindstorms NXT. Great videos! Continue reading