Not your dad?s train set? MINDSTORMS NXT controls LEGO R/C Trains with HiTechnic IR Link!
The HiTechnic IR Link (IR stands for InfraRed) has been available for a little over a year now. If you have the MINDSTORMS RCX brick, motors and sensors, LEGO TECHNIC sets with Power Function Motors, or even LEGO R/C Trains, the IR Link from HiTechnic can enable you to control them with the NXT.
The folks from HiTechnic created a LEGO R/C Trains project that uses the MINDSTORMS NXT and a HiTechnic IR Link to control the trains.
In this project a MINDSTORMS NXT Ultrasonic Sensor and a Light Sensor are used to detect the location of the trains. An NXT program monitors the location of each train and sends commands (using the IR Link) to each of the trains to control when to start, and then to stop once they have reached their destination.
The NXT can control up to three trains at a time, and can select and set their speed and direction of each.
What a great project for the holidays, MINDSTORMS NXT controlled LEGO Trains under your Christmas tree!
To see video of these trains in action and to download a program file, check out the HiTechnic LEGO R/C Train project on NXTLOG.
The IR link from HiTechnic is available online at LEGO Shop at Home: IR (Infrared) Link Sensor
The LEGO R/C train is also available from Shop at Home: LEGO R/C Train Sets
The IR Link sensor NXT-G blocks are available from the downloads page at the HiTechnic website:
HiTechnic
The HiTechnic IR Link (IR stands for InfraRed) has been available for a little over a year now. If you have the MINDSTORMS RCX brick, motors and sensors, LEGO TECHNIC sets with Power Function Motors, or even LEGO R/C Trains, the IR Link from HiTechnic can enable you to control them with the NXT.
The folks from HiTechnic created a LEGO R/C Trains project that uses the MINDSTORMS NXT and a HiTechnic IR Link to control the trains.
In this project a MINDSTORMS NXT Ultrasonic Sensor and a Light Sensor are used to detect the location of the trains. An NXT program monitors the location of each train and sends commands (using the IR Link) to each of the trains to control when to start, and then to stop once they have reached their destination.
The NXT can control up to three trains at a time, and can select and set their speed and direction of each.
What a great project for the holidays, MINDSTORMS NXT controlled LEGO Trains under your Christmas tree!
To see video of these trains in action and to download a program file, check out the HiTechnic LEGO R/C Train project on NXTLOG.
The IR link from HiTechnic is available online at LEGO Shop at Home: IR (Infrared) Link Sensor
The LEGO R/C train is also available from Shop at Home: LEGO R/C Train Sets
The IR Link sensor NXT-G blocks are available from the downloads page at the HiTechnic website:
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