Mindboards

you all probably heard about mindsensors publishing a new "coming soon..." sensor. It's gonna be something to do with android probably.. so dos anybody know more or have any (crazy) idea what it might be (unless you're SOMEONE who knows and can't tell us cough mightor cough )?

I'm pretty for sure certain ( ) that it will have something to do with the newish Android Open Accessory Dev Kit, or something like it. I can't really guess how Mindsensors would combine Mindstorms and the Open Accessory stuff, but I'm fairly excited as I'm probably going to be getting some form of Android "mini tablet" sometime soon, something like the Archos 4.3 or the (yet to be released) Samsung Galaxy Player 4 and the more connected my electronics are to each other the better!

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html

dimasterooo wrote:you all probably heard about mindsensors publishing a new "coming soon..." sensor. It's gonna be something to do with android probably..

what publication do you mean?
The only quite new one I can find (mentioned in "coming soon") is this:

NXShield for Arduino

NXShield with Arduino Duemilanove

This shield is designed to fit on an Arduino.
It will have 4 NXT motor ports, 4 NXT sensor ports and several RC servo motor ports.
The NXShield will attach to an Arduino Duemilanove or Uno or similar Arduino clones. (Picture shown here with a Duemilanove)
The programming for the NXShield will be on Arduino, using usual Arduino C/C++ programming environment.

this one; it's just above it on the website:

To be announced ...
To be announced on Friday, July 8th, 2011.

I've seen pictures of the mysery sensor and it's very nice I think you will like it a lot.



- Xander

yeah, me too these teasers are driving me crazy!! cant wait!

calm down!
remember:
we have that Touch Screen Overlay already since April (IIRC) . . .

No, this is real I have seen it and was offerred one of them. However, I was going to go on vacation so I couldn't play with it. I can assure it is there and I have a real photo of it When I am back from vacation they will send me one.

- Xander

one what?

One of the new Mindsensors Android "Top Secret" thingamajiggers, of course.

mightor wrote:However, I was going to go on vacation so I couldn't play with it. I can assure it is there and I have a real photo of it When I am back from vacation they will send me one.

Shame on you Xander, taking care of the forums while on vacation! Your wife probably thinks you spend enough time with Lego stuff to begin with!