2016
Lynda
Olivia Chiu
2:32
English

Love LEGOs? The next generation is ready to play. LEGO Mindstorms is a robotics kit designed for all experimenters—not just kids. Its advanced programming capabilities and robust hardware—sensors, motors, and intelligent EV3 brick—make LEGO Mindstorms a fun and challenging microcomputer system for programmers and tinkerers of any age. In this course, Olivia Chiu helps you "open the box" and build your first functional robot with LEGO Mindstorms.
Learn how to unpack the hardware, connect to the programming interface, run prebuilt programs, and control the motors and sensors. Chapter 6, "Adding Flow to a Program," covers advanced programming topics such as transferring data between blocks, using variables to store temporary data, programming conditional logic, and looping actions to run again and again. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills to bring your own robotic creations to life.

Introduction
3m 42s
Welcome
1m 14s
What you should know
50s
Using the exercise files
1m 38s
1. Getting Started
6m 38s
Install Mindstorms on Windows
1m 52s
Install Mindstorms on Mac
1m 57s
Explore the Mindstorms Lobby
2m 49s
2. Hardware
17m 23s
The EV3 brick is the brains
3m 37s
Motors and sensors
3m 38s
IR sensors
4m 7s
Navigate the EV3 brick UI
6m 1s
3. Explore a New Project
7m 6s
Explore the programming interface
4m 32s
Explore the palettes and blocks
2m 34s
4. Connect with the EV3 Brick
15m 32s
Connect to the EV3 brick
4m 51s
Explore the hardware page
6m 55s
Download and run a program
3m 46s
5. Program Movement and Sensing
35m 46s
Data flow execution
5m 34s
Program your robot to move
5m 33s
Coordinate the motors to drive
4m 34s
Measure a motor's movement
4m 49s
Feel the environment
1m 1s
Sense the light
4m 56s
Calibrate the Light Sensor
3m 56s
Locate objects and beacons with infrared light
5m 23s
6. Adding Flow to a Program
28m 2s
Use data wires to transfer data
5m 56s
Variables
7m 32s
Switch cases
4m 14s
Switch with a threshold value
1m 26s
Looping actions
4m 40s
Follow a line
4m 14s
7. Document Your Work
10m 34s
Content editor
5m 57s
Project properties
4m 37s
8. Troubleshoot Problems
12m 38s
Errors and warnings
6m 22s
Debug unexpected behavior
6m 16s
9. Extra Tools
14m 56s
Create and edit sound files
3m 44s
Create and edit image files
3m 35s
Create custom blocks
4m 36s
Update EV3 brick firmware
3m 1s
Conclusion
38s
Next steps
38s

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