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LEGO Sensors From Dexter Industries
Dexter Industries Header & Logo The lack of NXT Sensors in this region has led to the need to directly import and distribute these NXT Sensors from Dexter Industries. Working closely with Dexter Industries, we at Building Blocks will support users from the Asia Pacific region. Building Blocks plans to build a more integrated community for NXT Mindstorms users in this region.

Click here to see the full selection of LEGO Sensors available.

Sensors that are curntly supported in EV3.
  • dTIR (Thermal Infrared Sensor)
  • dIMU
  • dLight
  • dGPS
  • dSolar
  • Breadboard Adapter
  • dCompass
  • dSwitch

    BrickPi

    Buildingblocks is proud to announce that we are currently carrying Dexter's Brickpi as seen on their Kickstarter campaign.
    Click here for more info.
  • LEGO Sensors Available
    Building Blocks have the following products available for sales or evaluation. Please contact us for more details.

    Dexter Industries

    3rd Party Sensors

    NXTBee Pro
    The NXTBee-PRO comes installed with an X-Bee PRO radio. The X-Bee PRO can send two way data back and forth up to 1.2 KM. The X-Bee can communicate with other XBee radios (on non NXT or NXTBee devices), other NXTBees, and other NXTBee PRO's

    The NXTBee-PRO comes with a 9V battery adapter and requires a 9V battery to power the radio.

    Building Block's NXTBee Pro Sensor

    Performance: NXTBee PRO
    • Power output: 63mW (+18 dBm) North American version
    • Indoor/Urban range: Up to 90m
    • Outdoor/RF line-of-sight range: Up to 1.6km
    • Operating frequency: 2.4 GHz
    • Receiver sensitivity: -100 dBm
    Networking
    • Spread Spectrum type: DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
    • Networking topology: Point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, & peer-to-peer
    • Error handling: Retries & acknowledgements
    • Filtration options: PAN ID, Channel, and 64-bit addresses
    • Channel capacity:
    • NXTBee: 16 Channels
    • NXTBee-PRO: 12 Channels
    • Addressing: 65,000 network addresses available for each channel

    Highlights

    • Fast & long distance wireless communications
    • Indoor range of ~90m
    • Outdoor range of ~1.6km
    • Talk to multiple NXTs and other devices and robots
    • Minimal configuration with advanced options for secure and mesh networking

    Manual

    • User Manual for NXTBee can be found here.
    • Technical Specs for XBee can be found here.

    Download

    • NXTBee Sensor blocks and programming examples here.

    Resources

    Availability

    • Available

    Price

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