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@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ Use the USB cable to connect your EV3 Brick to your device.
## Create and Run your First Program
[IMG: Try Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
1 - Create the program shown here:
1) Create the program shown here:
```blocks
brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
@@ -45,13 +43,7 @@ brick.showMood(moods.neutral)
music.playSoundEffect(sounds.communicationHello)
```
2 – Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## ~ hint
Note: Click here for help and more information about the programming blocks.
## ~
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Did It Work?
@@ -67,12 +59,10 @@ Verify that the program you just created shows eyes on the Brick Display, and th
Now you will learn to control the Large Motor.
Connect a Large Motor to Port D of your EV3 Brick using any of the connector cables.
Connect a Large Motor to **Port D** of your EV3 Brick using any of the connector cables.
## Create and Run This Program
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
1) Create the program shown here:
```blocks
@@ -82,12 +72,12 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
```
* Start a new program
* Drag a run large A motor block inside the on button block
* Change large A to large D motors.largeD.run(50)
* Click on the + sign
* Change to 1 rotation
* Drag a ``||motors:run large A motor||`` block inside the ``||brick:on button||`` block
* Change ``large motor A`` to ``large motor D``
* Click on the **(+)** sign
* Change to ``1`` rotation
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
2) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Did It Rotate?
@@ -99,7 +89,7 @@ Download and run the program as many times as you want in order to verify this,
## Connect a Touch Sensor
[IMG: Hands connecting Touch Sensor to Port 1 on EV3 Brick]
[IMG: Hands connecting Touch Sensor to **Port 1** on EV3 Brick]
We will now control the Large Motor using a Touch Sensor.
@@ -107,8 +97,6 @@ Keeping the Large Motor connected to **Port D**, connect a Touch Sensor to **Por
## Modify Your Program
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
```blocks
brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
sensors.touch1.pauseUntil(ButtonEvent.Pressed)
@@ -116,13 +104,13 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
})
```
1) Add a pause until touch 1 pressed Sensor block on top of the run large D Motor block
1) Add a ``||sensors:pause until touch 1||`` pressed Sensor block on top of the ``||motors:run large motor D||`` block.
```block
sensors.touch1.pauseUntil(ButtonEvent.Pressed)
```
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
2) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Press the Touch Sensor
@@ -141,8 +129,6 @@ Now we will try to control the Large Motor using another sensor.
Keeping the Large Motor connected to **Port D**, connect the Color Sensor to **Port 4**.
Modify Your Program
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
```blocks
brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
sensors.color3.pauseForColor(ColorSensorColor.Green)
@@ -150,7 +136,7 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
})
```
1) Using the same program, replace the pause until touch 1 block with a pause color 3 for color block
1) Using the same program, replace the ``||sensors:pause until touch 1||`` block with a ``||sensors:pause color sensor 3||`` for color block
```block
sensors.color3.pauseForColor(ColorSensorColor.Green)
@@ -158,7 +144,7 @@ sensors.color3.pauseForColor(ColorSensorColor.Green)
2) Select the color you want to detect (e.g., green).
3) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
3) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Place a Colored Brick in Front of the Color Sensor
@@ -172,7 +158,5 @@ Click on the JavaScript tab and change the color the Color Sensor detects to Bla
## Well Done!
[IMG: EV3 Driving Base]
You have now learned how to control some of the inputs and outputs of the EV3.

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## Build Your Driving Base Robot
[IMG: EV3 Driving Base Building Instructions Cover Image]
Build the robot driving base:
* [Building instructions](https://le-www-live-s.legocdn.com/sc/media/lessons/mindstorms-ev3/building-instructions/ev3-rem-driving-base-79bebfc16bd491186ea9c9069842155e.pdf)
[![EV3 Driving Base](/static/lessons/common/ev3-driving-base.jpg)](https://le-www-live-s.legocdn.com/sc/media/lessons/mindstorms-ev3/building-instructions/ev3-rem-driving-base-79bebfc16bd491186ea9c9069842155e.pdf)
## Make It Move
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
1) Create a program that makes the Driving Base move forward and stop at the finish line, which is 1 meter away.
Start by building this program:
@@ -33,22 +31,20 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
})
```
* Drag a steer large B+C motor block inside the on button block
* Click on the + sign
* Change to 1 rotation
* Drag a ``||motors:steer large B+C motor||`` block inside the ``||brick:on button||`` block
* Click on the **(+)** sign
* Change to ``1`` rotation
### ~hint
Hint: You will have to modify the number of rotations until you find the number that matches the robot moving forward 1 meter and stopping.
**Hint:** You will have to modify the number of rotations until you find the number that matches the robot moving forward 1 meter and stopping.
### ~
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
2) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Make It Turn
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
```blocks
brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
motors.largeBC.steer(-50, 50, 1, MoveUnit.Rotations)
@@ -59,12 +55,12 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
### ~hint
Hint: You will have to modify the turn ratio and the number of rotations until the robot reaches 180 degrees.
**Hint:** You will have to modify the turn ratio and the number of rotations until the robot reaches 180 degrees.
### ~
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
2) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
## Add an Ultrasonic Sensor to Your Driving Base
@@ -74,9 +70,7 @@ Hint: You will have to modify the turn ratio and the number of rotations until t
## Detect an Object
[IMG: Program Blocks (see JavaScript below)]
1 - Create a program that moves the Driving Base and makes it stop ``6`` cm from the Cuboid.
1) Create a program that moves the Driving Base and makes it stop ``6`` cm from the Cuboid.
Create a new program
```blocks
@@ -88,26 +82,26 @@ brick.buttonEnter.onEvent(ButtonEvent.Pressed, function () {
})
```
* Drag a tank large B+C motor block inside the on button block
* Drag a threshold Ultrasonic Sensor block and place below the motor block
* Drag a stop all motors block and place it below the sensor block
* Drag a ``||motors:tank large B+C||`` motor block inside the on button block
* Drag the Ultrasonic Sensor threshold ``||sensors:set ultrasonic 4||`` block and place it below the motor block
* Drag a ``|sensors:pause until ultrasonic 4||`` block and place it under the threshold block
* Drag a ``||motors:stop all motors||`` block and place it below the sensor block
### ~hint
Hint: You will have to modify the values of the Ultrasonic Sensor block until the robot reaches the desired position.
**Hint:** You will have to modify the values of the Ultrasonic Sensor block until the robot reaches the desired position.
### ~
2) Click Download and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
2) Click **Download** and follow the instructions to get your code onto your EV3 Brick. Press the center button on the EV3 Brick to run the program.
Click on the JavaScript tab and change and test the number value of the Ultrasonic Sensor
Click on the **JavaScript** tab. Change and test the number value of the Ultrasonic
Sensor.
```typescript
sensors.ultrasonic4.setThreshold(UltrasonicSensorEvent.ObjectDetected, 10)
```
[IMG: EV3 Ultrasonic Sensor Driving Base Building Instructions Main Image]
**Congratulations!**
You are ready to move on to the next steps.

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