LEGO Education

National Educational Computing Conference

The National Education Computing Conference is next week! Are you going? Be sure to stop by the LEGO Education booth (#1926) to say hello and check out out various sets, software, and curriculum.

In addition to the LEGO Education booth, you might be interested in the  Robotics in the Classroom: Build, Design, Program, and Invent workshop. This event is not sponsored by LEGO Education, but by enthusiastic, experienced teachers.

National Educational Computing Conference
June 24-27
Atalanta, GA

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MINDSTORMS NXT Driver v1.02

Description This software updates the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT driver and addresses an issue that prevents the firmware from being downloaded to the NXT on some occasions. When you have installed the new driver and want to download new firmware to the NXT, please initialize the NXT brick before you start downloading the firmware. If your NXT is clicking when you insert batteries, push the hardware reset button for five seconds before you insert the USB cable. This will ensure that the brick initializes correctly for the firmware download. The hardware reset button is located within the LEGO Technic hole below the USB connector on the NXT brick. If your NXT brick is not clicking when you insert batteries just go through the normal firmware download process as described within the manual when the new driver is installed. Download PC version (7.12MB) Download Mac version (351KB) Instructions Click on the download to save the patch to your harddrive. Unzip the downloaded archive and run Setup.exe System Requirements Mac OS X or Windows XP

Legacy Block Library

Description The Legacy Block library adds support for RCX actions and sensors to the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software. There is a new block for the RCX motor, lamp, touch sensor, light sensor, rotation sensor and temperature sensor. NOTE: In order to connect the RCX sensors to the NXT, a converter cable is required. Download PC version (1MB) Download Mac version (1MB) Instructions Click on download to save the library to your hard drive. Unzip the downloaded archive including the folder structure and follow the instructions in the ReadMe file. System Requirements

• Mac OS X 10.3.9+ or Windows XP
• LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software with the Dynamic Block Update

Dynamic Block Update

Description Windows The Dynamic Block Update allows the MINDSTORMS NXT Software to import new blocks to the Complete palette. These blocks include the Mini Blocks, the Legacy Blocks, 3rd party sensor blocks or any other blocks developed using the LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. Mac The Dynamic Block Update allows the MINDSTORMS NXT Software to import new blocks to the Complete palette. These blocks include the Mini Blocks, the Legacy Blocks, 3rd party sensor blocks or any other blocks developed using the LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. Download PC version (42.26MB) Download Mac version (37.63MB) Instructions Windows Click on the download to save the patch to your hard drive. Unzip the downloaded archive including the folder structure and run Setup.exe Mac Click on download to save the update to your hard drive. Unzip the downloaded archive including the folder structure and run MindstormsDynamicBlockUpdate.pkg. System Requirements Windows Windows XP Service Pack 2 with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software 1.0 or MINDSTORMS NXT Education Software 1.0 Mac Mac OS X 10.3.9+ with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software 1.0 or MINDSTORMS NXT Education Software 1.0