Author archive for John

Author archive for John

  • Playstation 2 Shield for Arduino

    Dexter Industries Mysteries Revealed

    Last week we held a small contest to see who could guess what our mystery projects were. This week, we reveal the answers, as well as the winner.

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  • BrickPi on Tracks

    Introductions

    BrickPi A robot with the brains of a Raspberry Pi and the easy build of LEGO®. See what the BrickPi is on our Introductions Page.  

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  • Mystery

    Mysteries from Dexter Industries Labs

    We give away a free LEGO MINDSTORMS dCompass sensor for folks that take a crack at guessing what we're working on in our lab.

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  • dLight LED for LEGO

    Free dLights

    A free giveaway of the dLight for LEGO MINDSTORMS.

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  • dLight LED for LEGO

    New Product: dLights for your Robot!

    Introducting the dLight, an LED light system for the LEGO MINDSTORMS. Let there be light!

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  • Dexter Industries LEGO Robot WIth Raspberry Pi

    MINDSTORMS Robot, Raspberry Pi Brains

    Since we first got the Raspberry Pi, we have wanted to make a robot out of it. There aren't many kits out there yet that let you do that (yet). This HowTo shows you how we hacked together a motor controller from the Raspberry Pi and used it to control LEGO MINDSTORMS Motors.

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  • Connecting the Arduino and the LEGO MINDSTORMS: HowTo

    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

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  • LVLM

    Labview for NXTBee and RS485

    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 some software on his website for using the NXTBee’s and LVLM.  While RS485 communications are not officially supported in...

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  • Robocup Junor for NXTBee

    RoboCupJunior Rescue 2013

    It’s almost time for RoboCupJunior competitions to start!  Last year some fantastic teams competed, and some very successful teams used Dexter Industries Sensors for the competition. This year we’re offering the same discounts to RoboCupJunior teams competing.

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  • LEGO MINDSTORMS and the Raspberry Pi

    Raspberry Pi and the LEGO MINDSTORMS Touch Sensor

    Continuing our Raspberry Pi Hacking Spree . . .  this week we put together a quick HowTo on getting the Raspberry Pi to read a LEGO MINDSTORMS Touch Sensor.

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