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LEGO NXT Books


Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms NXT

Building Robots with LEGO Mindstroms NXT

Ultimate Tool for MINDSTORMS® Maniacs The new MINDSTORMS kit has been updated to include a programming brick, USB cable, RJ11-like cables, motors, and sensors. This book updates the robotics information to be compatible with the new set and to show how sound, sight, touch, and distance issues are now dealt with.

Product Code: 845371
Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms NXT
£22.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

Lego NXT Idea Book

The LEGO Mindstorms
NXT Idea Book

If you're serious about having fun with LEGO robotics, you've come to the right place. The team behind The NXT STEP blog—the authoritative online source for MINDSTORMS NXT information and advice—has packaged its considerable skills and experience in this book. Inside, you'll find some of the team's best ideas for creating cool and sophisticated models, including instructions for eight robots you can build yourself.

Product Code: 830427
LEGO Mindstorms NXT Idea Book
£18.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock


Unofficial Mindstorms NXT Guide

The Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT Inventors Guide

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT set includes a variety of powerful electronic parts (motors, sensors, and the programmable NXT microcomputer) and lots of building elements. With these parts you can create thousands of unique, intelligent robots. The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide helps you to harness the capabilities of the NXT set and effectively plan, build, and program your own NXT robots.

Product Code: 845121
UNO LEGO Mindstorms NXT
£18.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

Extreme NXT


Extreme NXT

Written by three world-leading experts in LEGO Mindstorms homebrew hardware, this book contains the detailed instructions for the construction of sensors and other extensions to the NXT. Over 15 cool projects are explained with well-illustrated, clear, step-by-step instructions so people with even limited experience in electronics can follow.

Product Code: 818622
Extreme NXT
£23.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

LEGO NXT User Guide

LEGO® NXT User Guide and ICT Curriculum Scheme of Work

This well written and superbly illustrated 100 page document is aimed at providing teachers and other educationalists with the knowledge of software and hardware to get started. It is also designed to give schools a starting point with the control side of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 1 and 2.

  • Printed 100 page NXT User Guide
  • Curriculum lesson plans on CD
  • Product Code: D50001
    DACTA Education NXT User Guide
    £29.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

    LEGO Mindstroms NXT-G Programming Guide

    LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G
    Programming Guide

    The reader of this book will be someone looking for more detailed information on the NXT-G programming language used to program the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide is suitable for young programmers, age 10 and up, as well as parents and teachers who want to learn the new language for themselves or be able to assist students/children with learning to properly program their robots.

    Product Code: 831330
    LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G Programming Guide
    £17.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

    Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots

    Maximum Lego NXT
    Building Robots

    As the only book to apply the versatile Java platform to the Lego NXT kit, this project guide is a thorough course in building and programming powerful robots. Instruction moves from basic to sophisticated, providing plenty of cross-education in robotics, mechanical engineering, and Java programming.

    Product Code: 791280
    Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots
    £22.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

    LEGO Mindstorms NXT Power Programming

    LEGO Mindstorms NXT
    Power Programming

    NXT Power Programming delivers everything you need to create the robot you've always dreamed about. This is the definitive guide to C programming by the developer of some of the most powerful and popular development tools for LEGO MINDSTORMS.

    Product Code: 848115
    LEGO Mindstorms NXT Power Programming
    £20.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock

    Forbidden LEGO

    Forbidden LEGO

    Forbidden Lego introduces you to the type of free style building that LEGO's master builders do for fun. Using LEGO bricks in combination with common household materials along with some very unorthodox building techniques, you'll learn to create working models that LEGO would never endorse. Try your hand at a candy catapult, a high voltage LEGO vehicle, a continuous-fire ping-pong ball launcher, and other incredibly fun inventions.

    Product Code: 812645
    Forbidden Lego
    £15.99  (VAT: Zero Rated) Qty STATUS: In Stock
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