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LEGO

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MINDSTORMS

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User Guide

BUILD AND PROGRAM ROBOTS THAT DO WHAT YOU WANT!

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Summary of Contents for Mindstorms NxT 53788

Page 1: ...LEGO MINDSTORMS User Guide BUILD AND PROGRAM ROBOTS THAT DO WHAT YOU WANT...

Page 2: ...can build and program in less than 30 minutes Smart technologies Your MINDSTORMS NXT set features the latest in robotic technology an advanced 32 bit programmable microcontroller icon based drag and...

Page 3: ...Sensor 23 Light Sensor 24 Ultrasonic Sensor 25 Interactive Servo Motors 26 Using Bluetooth 28 SOFTWARE System requirements 38 Installing the software 38 Your rst program 40 Software user interface 42...

Page 4: ...DSTORMS com Or you can use your imagination to build your own unique robot BUILD PROGRAM GO Program Program your robot to do what you want Use the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software to make a program Downlo...

Page 5: ...N Quick Start Use the Quick Start kit to get your rst MINDSTORMS experience In the Quick Start kit you will nd everything you need to get off to a great start It will only take you a few minutes to cr...

Page 6: ...k and the brain of the MINDSTORMS robot NXT TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW Sound Sensor Enables the robot to hear and react to sound Touch Sensor Enables the robot to feel and react to its environment Light Sens...

Page 7: ...ort settings for sensors and motors To make your robot work correctly the sensors and motors should be connected to speci c input and out put ports Here are the standard port settings Input ports Port...

Page 8: ...SB port and wireless Bluetooth connection let you download and upload data between your computer and the NXT If your computer has Bluetooth capability you can download programs to the NXT without usin...

Page 9: ...Software Connecting the NXT to a Macintosh with a USB cable Make sure that the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software is installed before connecting your NXT to your Macintosh see page 39 Turn on your NXT Conne...

Page 10: ...or uploading and downloading NXT TECHNOLOGY USB icon When you connect your NXT to a computer with a USB cable a USB icon will be displayed If you disconnect the USB cable the icon will disappear Bluet...

Page 11: ...on displays the power level of the NXT When battery power is low the battery icon will ash on and off Running icon When your NXT is turned on the running icon will spin If the running icon stops spinn...

Page 12: ...making the motors turn more slowly Low battery power When battery power is low this icon will pop up on the NXT s display screen Important Never mix different types of batteries in the NXT Always rem...

Page 13: ...wnloaded from your computer NXT les programs you have made on the NXT Sound les Files will automatically be placed in the appropriate subfolders When you download a program including a sound le to you...

Page 14: ...r computer Try this simple program and see how easy it is Make the robot go back and forth when its Touch Sensor is pressed First the robot will move forward until the Touch Sensor is pressed and then...

Page 15: ...NXT TECHNOLOGY Select Touch again Now select if you want the program to Loop This means that the program will run again and again until you switch off the NXT For our little test select Loop Now you c...

Page 16: ...erent motor reactions You can always delete these Try Me les again using the Settings submenu NXT TECHNOLOGY Connect the sensors and motors to the appropriate ports on the NXT Important Use the standa...

Page 17: ...NXT s display The View submenu lets you carry out a quick test of your sensors and motors observing real time data from each unit Select the icon of the sensor or motor you would like to test You can...

Page 18: ...ill drain your batteries more quickly NXT TECHNOLOGY The Settings submenu lets you adjust the NXT s settings including its speaker volume or the Sleep mode setting This submenu will also let you delet...

Page 19: ...like other NXTs mobile phones and computers You can use a wireless Bluetooth connection to send programs to other NXTs to download programs from your own computer without using a USB cable and lots of...

Page 20: ...e 1 Forward Empty Touch Dark Light Wait 2 Object Stop Loop Turn left Back left Tone 2 Back left 2 Sound Wait 5 Wait 10 File name Untitled Main menu File exists Overwrite Save Run Delete Sending le Sen...

Page 21: ...Motor rotations Rotation Bluetooth Settings Try Me Volume Touch My contacts Visibility On Off Visible On Invisible Off Search Connecting Searching Connection Turning on Line is busy Failed Port 1 2 3...

Page 22: ...Touch Sensor lets the robot know whether or not there is something in its arm to grab Or you can use a Touch Sensor to make your robot act on a command For example by pressing the Touch Sensor you ca...

Page 23: ...g room 5 10 would be the reading you get from someone talking some distance away 10 30 is normal conversation close to the sensor or music played at a normal level And you will record readings of 30 1...

Page 24: ...ht Sensor to the NXT Detecting ambient surrounding light Test the Light Sensor s ability to read ambient light by measuring the light level in different locations of the room For example rst hold the...

Page 25: ...ery thin or small can be dif cult for the sensor to detect Note that two or more Ultrasonic Sensors operating in the same room may interfere with each other s readings ULTRASONIC SENSOR Suggestions fo...

Page 26: ...elect the View submenu in the NXT s display The built in Rotation Sensor in each motor also lets you set different speeds for your motors by setting different power parameters in the software Try runn...

Page 27: ...27 1 The motor 2 Tachometer Rotation Sensor 3 Built in gearing NXT TECHNOLOGY...

Page 28: ...ish a wireless connection between your com puter and your robot and try out programs instantly even with your robot on the other side of the room If you have a mobile phone with Bluetooth capability y...

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