HiTechnic Bridge's "Hello World"
Quite a while ago, I wrote about the HiTechnic Bridge, which is is essentially an onboard "IR Tower" that you can connect directly to the NXT Brick. The purpose of this device is to enable direct communications between the old RCX brick, and the new NXT brick. Over the weekend, Steve Barker from HiTechnic released some images of the Bridge.
HiTechnic Bridge
As you can see, HiTechnic placed Lego Technic compliant holes at the bottom of the sensor, in a way that resembles other sensors. The device is connected to the NXT Brick using a normal sensor cable. It communicates with the RCX via the IR light.
By the way, in case you were wondering, you cannot command a TV, radio or other device by simulating the remote control using the HiTechnic Bridge. The device is specially designed to communicate with the RCX.
posted by Filip @ Monday, March 20, 2006
4 Comments:
Legoman,
Yes, the NXT can talk to another NXT using its built-in wireless Bluetooth connection. It should be able to talk to 7 or 8 other NXT bricks simultaneously.
Filip.
Can the NXT with Bridge RECIEVE from the IR of the RIS? or is it SEND only?
Hi Drew,
It can both send and receive from the RIS, so it is true two way communication.
Filip.
So it works like this?
NXT-> RCX
And also is it possible to purchase yet?
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