Quad Track: IR-Ball Seeking Crane
This is my LEGO Mindstorms NXT Quad Caterpillar Track Crane, which uses my 'Ultimate Grab' to pick-up and retrieve a Hitechnic Infra-Red Electronic Ball. The Chassis houses 2x NXT Motors to drive the Left and Right pairs of Tracks. A third NXT Motor is used to raise and lower the crane arm. A Small PowerFunctions [...]
NXC Library for ‘RCX Touch Sensor Mux’
I have built a Lego Mindstorms NXT, 8 Input RCX Touch Sensor Multiplexer for use with the old style RCX Touch Sensors with full construction details Here in an Earlier Post. I finally got around to nutting out a Driver Library for use with John Hansen’s Lego Mindstorms NXT Programming Language NXC: Not-eXactly-C.
NXT – 8 Input RCX Touch Sensor Mux
The NXT RCX_TS_Mux: NXT – 8 Input RCX Touch Sensor Multiplexer Unit with Sensors attached I have built a Lego Mindstorms NXT, 8 Input RCX Touch Sensor Multiplexer for use with the old style RCX Touch Sensors. I personally think these retro Touch Sensors are far, far easier to use in models due to their [...]
Mindsensors’ Motor Mux Modifications
For ease of use I have modified my Mindsensors' NXT & RCX Motor Multiplexers with the following Power Supply Modifications. This method finishes the issues associated with the external power supply leads fraying, braking and in the case of the RCX Motor Mux, shorting to the PCB Components on occasions. Which is not at all [...]
