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Re: The NXT bit of information...
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:16:11 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Tim Byrne wrote:
> > According to that site: "There’s also an A/C plug in the battery to allow the
> > NXT brick to run from a direct power supply when needed."
> >
> > That tells me, I'm gonna be buying the MINDSTORMS Education NXT instead of the
> > retail one.
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> I'll be surprised if the rechargable battery isn't available as a separate item
> through LEGO Education.
Yes, the article indicates the battery will be sold seperately (so it should be
safe to get a retail set the moment they hit the shelves :)
I was surprised at something in the article though - it says that both the
existing touch sensors and the NXT ones are either full on or full off, when I
remember the existing ones as analogue, allowing you to detect the amount of
depression (pressure), not just whether some mechanical switching threshold has
been reached. Am I mis-remembering? Is the article maybe a deliberate
oversimplification made for PR purposes? (ie educational sets are unlikely to be
used in any mode other than boolean on/off, so don't worry your pretty little
heads about how it works). AFAIK the pressure sensors are the same as the retail
sets, which I thought were analogue. Am I on crack?
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