Feature
Description
Note: Old NXT Ultrasonic
sensor can not be used
with PiStorms.
2.4” LCD touchscreen
Open programs and interact with the
PiStorms with built in 2.4” LCD
touchscreen.
Current Characteristics
Average current consumption of this device is about 5.0 mA.
PiStorms can deliver up to 1 Amp current per NXT Motor attached.
Drawing of excessively large current (such as incorrect motors or
stalled motors) will result in internal shutdown until the situation is
corrected.
I2C Bus address
Factory Default Address of Bank-A: 0x34
Factory Default Address of Bank-B: 0x36
PiStorms Software Downloads and Upgrades
PiStorms Software is available in three different forms!
1.
Pre-configured image - ready for use operating system image.
2.
Manual installation – when you already have data on your SD
card.
3.
Developer Installation – for advanced users that wish to
modify and share PiStorms software (GitHub).
PiStorms software will run on a standard Raspbian Operating system
(Jessie).
Download the pre-configured PiStorms image at
http://www.mindsensors.com/largefiles/pistorms.zip
, and write the
image to an SD card.
To write this file to your SD card, please follow instructions from
following page:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-
images/
Basically, you need to download and install Win32DiskImager utility
on Windows, and 'Write' the SD card with pistorms iso file.
be sure to unzip the downloaded zip file before you do this, (the zip
contains the .iso file)
Copyright © 2016 mindsensors.com
4/6
