The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide

34 CHAPTER 4

NOTE A third criterion for identifying a piece is color;

for example, you might refer to a light stone gray straight

beam. Since we’re only using the NXT set in this book, and

each type of piece in the NXT set only comes in one color

(with the exception of the plastic balls), piece colors gen-

erally don’t present a problem.

examining the

pieces

Armed with an understanding of the basic issues under-

lying the pieces in the NXT set, we’re prepared to begin

examining the five categories of pieces presented earlier:

electronics, beams, connectors, gears, and miscellaneous

elements. This is a fundamental section of the book that you

should ...