A fan of the HiTechnic HTWay, Michael Backus, has created an Android phone application that lets you control the HTWay with your phone! The application uses the internal acceleration sensor so that you can drive the HTWay by tilting your phone!
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Archive for June, 2011
Android App for the HTWay
Monday, June 27th, 2011Enhanced IRSeekerV2 NXT-G Block and NXC Function
Friday, June 24th, 2011Enhanced IRSeekerV2 functionality is now available as both an NXT-G block and as an NXC function. This NXT-G block and NXC function uses a combination of AC and DC modes for improved IR direction determination when used with the HiTechnic IRSeekerV2. This block and function were specifically designed to assist in creating WRO Football Robots.
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Three New NXT-G Blocks Available for Beta Testing
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011HiTechnic has just made three NXT-G blocks available for beta testing. Two of these are specific to the IRSeeker sensors and the other is a general purpose math block. There is a new IRSeeker Block will replace the current V1 and V2 IRSeeker blocks and adds support for selecting 600Hz AC mode (you can still use the default 1200Hz AC). The other sensor block is the Enhanced IRSeekerV2 block which is designed to give you improved short range performance versus the standard IRSeeker block. This block allows you to easily limit the range of a number by either clamping or wrapping around to a certain range.
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