Lego Servo Multiplexer
A NXT brick can control only three servos, but don’t let that limit you. This multiplexer — dating back to 2007, an oldie! — uses two servos to do the work of twelve, thanks to this clever homebrewed multiplexer.
A NXT brick can control only three servos, but don’t let that limit you. This multiplexer — dating back to 2007, an oldie! — uses two servos to do the work of twelve, thanks to this clever homebrewed multiplexer.
That above, from Brickshelf user Chris Behrens, inspired by that below, from Danish enthusiast Niels Bugge. Double Lego rainbow! What does it Lego mean?!?
Martijn “Dino_Martino” Hellemans of the NXT STEP Mindstorms blog has been working on a motorized Lego tank that packs a lot of sophistication. For instance, he uses a MTRMX-Nx multiplexer to control both NXT servos and Technic motors. In addition to rolling around on tank treads, the tank also packs a Badass Lego Guns-style “high […]
Built mostly from Lego Technic elements by Brickshelf user barman, who credits the idea to a model displayed at Brickfest 2006 by one Jason Allermann. Looks like it can’t really expand that far. Still cool, though.
Todd Wilder’s mystery box has eight hidden compartments, which must be opened in a specific order. The ideas for this box came to me a little bit at a time, after my 22-year-old nephew had seen my other boxes on MOCpages and asked me to make a box for him. He wanted me to make […]
Becky recently spotted these dubiously-tasteful-but-doubtlessly-amusing accoutrements from Etsy seller Gr0gimann, and I spotted them in her post at CRAFT.
BUILD! is a brickfilm created by David Pagano and Matt Witham. Nicely done, guys! (Didn’t embed the video because we’re experience migration difficulties…)