LabVIEW™ for LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT – University Edition

Michael Gasperi

Publication Date: July 31, 2009
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934891056
ISBN-13: 978-1-934891-05-6
Page Count: 376
Media Included: Single Windows CD (envelope in back)

CD Media Contains:

  • LabVIEW 8.5 Student Edition (activation code included)
  • LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT v1.0
  • 69 LabVIEW VI programs introduced in the book
    (VIs compatible with LabVIEW 7.1, 8.0, 8.2, 8.5, and 8.6)
  • LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT v2.0 (not on CD, but Available Free Online)

I can promise it is gonna be a GREAT book!
Guy Ziv - Technical Reviewer of the book

About the Book

With the new LabVIEW toolkit release, more sophisticated MINDSTORMS NXT users, including hobbyists, students, and educators, can program the NXT using the LabVIEW graphical programming environment. LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT by Michael Gasperi, the first official treatment of the subject, illustrates through many detailed examples how to write programs in LabVIEW that execute entirely on the NXT and that directly control the NXT using programs that run on a computer.

LabVIEW for MINDSTORMS was written by an expert in LEGO MINDSTORMS with the cooperation of National Instruments to create the definitive guide to programming the NXT using LabVIEW.

Using the robotic construction projects included with the retail LEGO Mindstorms NXT product the author shows how advanced tools from the LabVIEW Toolkit can be used to build more versatile and sophisticated projects. These include both typical robotics applications and several of a more laboratory or industrial nature to show computer control with the NXT as a data acquisition and control device. Advanced NXT topics like Data Files, Bluetooth, and I2C communications are also treated as well as how to connect the NXT to the internet with a web server.

The book is further set apart by its packaging. A CD is enclosed with each new book containing the LabVIEW evaluation, the LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINSTORMS NXT, and all the programming examples from the book. Everything you need to enhance and extend your robotic design.

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