Getting Mindstorm NXT2

[Tacker]

Hi hope this don’t seem a silly thing to ask. I’ve got loads of Lego Technics kits ect. Was thinking of asking wife to get me a Mindstorms kit for me birthday. I dont know anything really about it just wonder if i can run Lego Technics motors ect from the Mindstorms controller

Many Thanks

[ciken]

this is what you need

8528 Converter Cables

8886 Extension Wire (20 cm)

[DLuders]

The currently-offered Lego Mindstorms set is the 8547 NXT 2.0 set (shown on the right); the older NXT RCX set is shown on the left.

As ciken said, for either Mindstorms set the NXT Mindstorms set one needs the 8528 Converter Cable AND the 8886 Power Functions Extension Wire (shown below) to operate Power Functions motors via the NXT intelligent brick. To learn about what you can do with each intelligent brick, visit these two Brickset webpages to read the reviews: 3804 RIS 2.0 and 8547 NXT 2.0 .

Edited March 5, 2012 by DLuders

[Porty]

The currently-offered Lego Mindstorms set is the 8547 NXT 2.0 set (shown on the right); the older NXT set is shown on the left.

As ciken said, for either Mindstorms set one needs the 8528 Converter Cable AND the 8886 Power Functions Extension Wire (shown below) to operate Power Functions motors via the NXT intelligent brick. To learn about what you can do with each intelligent brick, visit these two Brickset webpages to read the reviews: 3804 RIS 2.0 and 8547 NXT 2.0 .

3804 is not an NXT but an RCX, so if you got that I believe you would need 5306bc017 and 8886 (shown below):

I think you mean the 8527 NXT 1.0 shown here:

[DLuders]

[Tacker]

Many Thanks. Hopeing to build a tracked type moon buggy thing (still thinking)

[Tacker]

Seems Lego dont do the 8528 cable any more

[DLuders]

@ Tacker: You can get one via Bricklink.com . Visit this Help page to see how that site works!