http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19:50 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19:50 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82902 Teach programming and engineering with Lego Mindstorms Robotics kits and open-source software. This tutorial is one of the more comprehensive free resources for this kind of endeavor.leJOS is is just one of several available replacement firmwares (with accompanying APIs and sometimes IDEs) for the Lego Mindstorms RCX brick.An RCX brick is large yellow Lego-style brick about 6.5 x 10 x 4.5 cm's. It contains a processor and 32kb of RAM. The RCX brick has 3 output ports for motors, 3 input ports for sensors, a speaker, four buttons and an LCD. The RCX brick is the "brain" for robots created with Lego. This brick is fully programmable in many languages, including leJOS Java. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83134 This simulation tutorial from the eLearning Developer's Journal includes full source code. It teaches you step-by-step how to easily build sophisticated, web-based simulations using Excel, KDCalc, and Flash. Programmers and non-programmers can leverage the intuitive, familiar tools they are comfortable with to design, build, and test high-quality, simulation learning experiences.