Was $249.99 – $279.99US RRP per Brickset, $249.99 for NXT set 8527 (2006, 577 pieces) and $279.99 for NXT 2.0 set 8547 (on sale Aug 2009 – Dec 2012, 619 pieces). Education set 9797 sold separately.
Discontinued · used/leftover onlyVia SSH / web / bridgeARM7 brickNXT-GleJOS / NXCDiscontinued
≤ 1 weekShipping: Used, days. Discontinued. Used sets and loose bricks, motors and sensors are common on eBay and school surplus sales.
Remote control: Programs are compiled on a laptop and downloaded over USB or Bluetooth. Tools like leJOS or NXT-Python can also drive the brick live over Bluetooth from a laptop.
Overview
The second generation of Mindstorms, which replaced the RCX with a 32-bit ARM brick, digital sensor ports and motors with built-in encoders. It became the standard FIRST LEGO League kit of its era and gathered a huge range of third-party languages and sensors. NXT 2.0 added a color sensor in 2009. It was replaced by the Linux-based EV3 in 2013, and EV3 kept compatibility with most NXT sensors.
Specifications
| Category | Modular & reconfigurable · Consumer & education kits |
|---|---|
| Released | 2006 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Availability | Discontinued · used/leftover only |
| Programmability | Full SDK |
| Best for | Ages 10+ (maker rating) |
| Vision sensors | No vision sensors |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | Speaker, Microphone |
| Compute type | Arduino / ESP32 / microcontroller |
| Remote control | Via SSH / web / bridge |
| Size | NXT brick plus 577 (NXT) or 619 (NXT 2.0) Technic pieces, robot size varies |
| Locomotion | Any LEGO Technic build, 3 interactive servo motors with built-in rotation sensors |
| Compute | NXT Intelligent Brick with 32-bit Atmel AT91SAM7S256 ARM7 (256 KB flash, 64 KB RAM), ATmega48 coprocessor, 100×64 LCD, USB and Bluetooth |
| Camera | None (light or color sensor only) |
| Sensors | NXT set has touch, sound, light and ultrasonic sensors. NXT 2.0 has 2 touch sensors, ultrasonic and a color sensor |
| Runtime | Not published (6 AA batteries, rechargeable Li-ion pack in the Education set) |
| Speed | Not published |
| SDK | NXT-G graphical software (LabVIEW-based), NXT 2.0 Programming, plus third-party firmware and languages such as leJOS NXJ (Java), NXC/NBC, RobotC, and MATLAB/Simulink and LabVIEW toolkits |
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