Sensors From Dexter Industries
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.
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.
Performance: NXTBee PRO
The NXTBee-PRO comes with a 9V battery adapter and requires a 9V battery to power the radio.
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
- 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
Download
- NXTBee Sensor blocks and programming examples here.
Resources
- DI's blog.
Availability
- Available