How-to: Organize Your Lego Mindstorms NXT Set
Are you tired of sifting through a box or bin of Lego Mindstorms pieces while building a new creation? Need something to get your robot running quicker? A simple parts organizer can speed up your development time as well as save your sanity.
The Lego Mindstorms NXT set (8527) contains 578 pieces all in various sizes. Fortunately, they can all neatly fit into a common hardware parts organizer. Recently, I visited the local Home Depot and came across the Stanley ten compartment organizer. The organizer was roughly $15. It is made from a thick, rugged plastic with ten removable bins. I was able to neatly organize the all Lego pieces into each bin and they are arranged as follows:
- 1. Brick and sensors
- 2. Curved beams
- 3. Straight beams
- 4. Miscellaneous parts
- 5. Connectors
- 6. Angled connectors
- 7. Axles
- 8. Gears
- 9. Wheels
- 10. Wires
When you take a robot apart, simply place the pieces back into the proper bins.
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Thanks for posting this link on the NXTStep blog. You organized the pieces well, and I can see how kids would be able to understand these groupings.