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LEGO Mindstorms NxT 53788 User Manual

LEGO Mindstorms NxT 53788 User Manual

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

  • Page 2: Build. Program. Go

    MINDSTORMS.com You are now a part of the worldwide LEGO MINDSTORMS community. Log on to MINDSTORMS.com and get more robotic challenges. Download programs, sound effects and other cool stuff. Share your inventions and exchange tips and tricks with other MINDSTORMS users.
  • Page 3 Your fi rst program ..........Software user interface ......... The Robo Center ............. The programming palette ........The confi guration panel ......... The Controller ............LEGO BRICKS Element overview ........... Building instructions ..........Test pad ..............USEFUL INFORMATION Troubleshooting .............
  • Page 4 Program Program your robot to do what you ® ® want. Use the LEGO MINDSTORMS Software to make a program. Download the program to the NXT by using the USB cable or the wireless Bluetooth...
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION Quick Start Use the Quick Start kit to get your fi rst MINDSTORMS experience. In the Quick Start kit you will fi nd everything you need to get off to a great start. It will only take you a few minutes to create your fi...

  • Page 6: Nxt Technology Overview

    NXT TECHNOLOGY NXT TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW The NXT The NXT is an intelligent, computer-controlled ® ® LEGO brick and the brain of the MINDSTORMS robot. Touch Sensor Enables the robot to feel and react to its environment. Sound Sensor Enables the robot to hear and react to sound.
  • Page 7 NXT TECHNOLOGY Interactive Servo Motors Ensure that the robot moves with precision. Standard port settings for sensors and motors To make your robot work correctly, the sensors and motors should be connected to specifi c input and out- put ports. Here are the standard port settings: Input ports Port 1: Touch Sensor Port 2: Sound Sensor...

  • Page 8: Connecting The Nxt Technology

    NXT TECHNOLOGY CONNECTING THE NXT TECHNOLOGY Note that ALL of the black 6-wire cables can be used in both input and output ports, sensors and motors. To work, sensors MUST be attached to the input ports (1-4) and motors MUST be attached to the output ports (A-C).
  • Page 9 LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 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.

  • Page 10: About The Nxt

    The NXT is the brain of a MINDSTORMS robot. It’s an intelligent, USB port ® computer-controlled LEGO brick that lets a MINDSTORMS robot come Connect a USB cable to the USB port and down- load programs from your computer to the NXT (or alive and perform different operations.
  • Page 11 NXT TECHNOLOGY Naming the NXT You can change the name of your NXT by going to the NXT window in the software. This window is accessible from the Controller. NXT names can be at most eight characters long. Battery level The battery icon displays the power level of the NXT.

  • Page 12: Installing Batteries In Your Nxt

    NXT TECHNOLOGY INSTALLING BATTERIES IN YOUR NXT Battery type • The NXT requires 6 AA/LR6 batteries to function properly. • Alkaline batteries are recommended. • Rechargeable batteries can be used, but the NXT’s power may be reduced, 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.

  • Page 13: Nxt Main Menu

    NXT TECHNOLOGY NXT MAIN MENU My Files The My Files submenu will let you see all of the programs you have made on the NXT or downloaded from your computer. Software fi les - programs you NXT fi les - programs you have Sound fi...

  • Page 14: Touch Sensor

    NXT TECHNOLOGY NXT Program You don’t need a computer to program your robot. Using the NXT Program submenu, you can make thousands of different programs without your 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 it will move backwards.
  • Page 15 NXT TECHNOLOGY Select Touch again. Now select if you want the program to Now you can run your program. Loop. This means that the program will Simply select Run! run again and again until you switch off the NXT. For our little test, select Loop.
  • Page 16 NXT TECHNOLOGY Try Me The Try Me submenu lets you test your sensors and motors in a fun way: Connect the sensors and motors to the appropriate ports on the NXT. Important: Use the standard settings for the ports as explained on page 7.
  • Page 17 NXT TECHNOLOGY View The View submenu lets you carry out a quick test of your sensors and motors, observing real-time data from each unit: Connect the sensor or motor you would like to test to the NXT - the View submenu will help you select the right port or check standard settings on page 7.
  • Page 18 NXT TECHNOLOGY Settings 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 delete programs that have been stored in the NXT’s memory. Sleep mode: You can set the NXT to turn itself off after 2, 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes of inactivity (time when its not in use).
  • Page 19 NXT TECHNOLOGY Bluetooth The Bluetooth submenu will let you make a wireless connection between your NXT and other Bluetooth devices (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 other cool things, such as using your mobile phone to control your robot! Read more about wireless Bluetooth communications on pages 28.

  • Page 20: Light Sensor

    NXT TECHNOLOGY My Files NXT Program Port 1: Touch Sensor Port 2: Sound Sensor Port 3: Light Sensor Sound fi les Software fi les NXT fi les Port 4: Ultrasonic Sensor Port B/C: L/R motors Back left Turn left Turn left 2 Empty Backward Backward 5...
  • Page 21 NXT TECHNOLOGY View Bluetooth Settings Try Me Volume Sleep Delete fi les Sound dB Sound dBA Refl ected light Ambient light Deleting all fi les! Temperature F* Temperature C* Light Sensor* Are you sure? Rotation* Motor rotations Motor degrees Ultrasonic cm Ultrasonic inch Touch Port 1 2, 3, 4, A, B, C...
  • Page 22 NXT TECHNOLOGY TOUCH SENSOR The Touch Sensor gives your robot a sense of touch. The Touch Sensor detects when it is being pressed by something and when it is released again. Pressed Released Bumped Suggestions for use You can use the Touch Sensor to make your robot pick up things: a robotic arm equipped with a Touch Sensor lets the robot know whether or not there is something in its arm to grab.
  • Page 23 NXT TECHNOLOGY SOUND SENSOR The Sound Sensor makes your robot hear! The Sound Sensor can detect both decibels (dB) and adjusted decibels (dBA). A decibel is a measurement of sound pressure. dBA: In detecting adjusted decibels, the sensitivity of the sensor is adapted to the sensitivity of the human ear.

  • Page 24: Ultrasonic Sensor

    NXT TECHNOLOGY LIGHT SENSOR The Light Sensor is one of the two sensors that give your robot vision (the Ultrasonic Sensor is the other). The Light Sensor enables your robot to distinguish between light and dark. It can read the light intensity in a room and measure the light intensity of colored surfaces.
  • Page 25 NXT TECHNOLOGY ULTRASONIC SENSOR The Ultrasonic Sensor is the other sensor that gives your robot vision. The Ultrasonic Sensor enables the robot to see and detect objects. You can also use it to make your robot avoid obstacles, sense and measure distance, and detect movement.

  • Page 26: Interactive Servo Motors

    NXT TECHNOLOGY INTERACTIVE SERVO MOTORS The three Servo Motors give your robot the ability to move. If you use the Move block in the software to program your motors, the two motors will automatically synchronize, so that your robot will move in a straight line. Built-in Rotation Sensor Each motor has a built-in Rotation Sensor.
  • Page 27 NXT TECHNOLOGY 1. The motor 2. Tachometer (Rotation Sensor) 3. Built-in gearing...

  • Page 28: Using Bluetooth

    NXT TECHNOLOGY USING BLUETOOTH Bluetooth is a technology that makes it If you have a mobile phone with Bluetooth possible to send and receive data without capability, you can use it to control your using wires or cables. Using Bluetooth, robot.

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