Fun Projects for your LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT!
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Fun Projects for your LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT! |
The NXT 1.X Projects on
nxtprograms.com are designed for the original 1.X
retail version of the
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
(8527) kit. If you are using the
Education version of the NXT set (9797), there are three things you should know
to build the 1.X projects, as explained below. You will not in general be
able to build the NXT 2.0 projects or use the
programs designed for NXT 2.0. |
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The Education Base Set of the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set (9797) by
itself does not have enough parts to build most of the
projects on nxtprograms.com. You will
also need the Education Resource Set (the new
9695 kit or the older 9648 kit) from LEGO Education. |
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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT |
LEGO MINDSTORMS
Education NXT Base Set (9797) Parts Inventory |
Education Resource Set
(new 9695 or older 9648) 9648 Parts Inventory |
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The rechargeable battery pack for the NXT makes the brick larger
than when AA batteries are used, so many of the projects will not fit the brick as designed. You can either use AA
batteries (a battery cover for using AA batteries is included in the Education
NXT Base Set), or you can figure out how to modify the design to make the larger
brick fit. |
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NXT Brick with AA Batteries |
NXT Brick with Rechargeable Battery Pack |
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Some of the parts in the Education version of the NXT set are
different colors than the corresponding parts in the retail set, as shown below: |
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Retail version |
Education Version |
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The different colors will normally not cause a problem unless specific colors are required, such as the white beams used in Step 17 of the Car with Game Controller project. As a workaround for this project, if you don't have any white beams, you could tape a piece of white paper over the part that the light sensor needs to see as white. |
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