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Learning Lego Mindstorms EV3

By : Gary Garber
Book Image

Learning Lego Mindstorms EV3

By: Gary Garber

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Other Programming Languages
Index

Chapter 4. Sensors and Control

In this chapter, we will have the robot respond to the environment using the sensors available in your kit. You will also take a reading from the sensor to display on both the EV3 brick and the computer screen. I will try to focus on information that is not already readily available in the EV3 help menus.

In this chapter, I will introduce:

  • Programming blocks for sensors

  • Official LEGO sensors such as:

    • Touch Sensors

    • Color Sensors

    • Motor rotation sensors

    • Gyro Sensors

    • Ultrasonic motion sensors

    • Infrared Sensors

  • Third-party sensors such as:

    • Dexter industries

    • Mindsensors

    • HiTechnic

    • Tetrix

    • Matrix

    • Vernier