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INDEX

Contents

4-5

Introduction

Understanding Logiblocs

Let's Get Started

8-13

Lights & Shadows!

14-17

1. Light Detector

2. The Electronic Eye

3. Shadow Surprises

4. Light Breaker Alarm

5. Protect Your Treasure

Let's Get Connected!

18-22

1. Door Alarm

2. Drawer Guard

3. Metal Detector

4. Water Detector

5. Security Mat

6. Lie Detector

Deep Space!

23-27

1. Logifighter

2. Wing Ship

3. Mother Ship

24-25

4. Landing Craft

5. Land Speeder

6. Control Ship

Sounds & Silence!

28-29

1. Voice Detector

2. Sound Guard

Feedback & Automation

30-36

1. Flashing Circuit

2. Logibuzzer

3. Light Feedback

4. Sound Feedback

5. The Memory Circuit

6. Two System Feedback

Combining Systems

37-39

1. Light and Sound Together

2. The Randomizer

3. Card Reader

What the Logiblocs Do

40-44

Battery Installation

Safety Advice and Useful Tips

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Page 1: ...I N V E N T O R S M A N U A L ...

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Page 3: ...at 21 6 Lie Detector 22 Deep Space 23 27 1 Logifighter 23 2 Wing Ship 23 3 Mother Ship 24 25 4 Landing Craft 26 5 Land Speeder 26 6 Control Ship 27 Sounds Silence 28 29 1 Voice Detector 29 2 Sound Guard 29 Feedback Automation 30 36 1 Flashing Circuit 31 2 Logibuzzer 32 3 Light Feedback 32 4 Sound Feedback 33 5 The Memory Circuit 34 6 Two System Feedback 35 Combining Systems 37 39 1 Light and Sound...

Page 4: ...CONTENTS BUTTON x 2 LIGHT SWITCH SOUND BLOC PULSE IN STRAIGHT x 4 CROSS x 4 CORNER x 2 Y BLOC FLYER SEQUENCER BATTERY BOX 4 ...

Page 5: ...N LIGHT OUT NOT AND OR FLIP FLOP DELAY Long DELAY 2 way BATTERY CONNECTOR 9V DC 6F22 or 6LR61 Pressure Mat Cards x 2 Wires Red Yellow and Blue Jack Plug Light Bulb 1 5V and Holder Pouch Filter Paper and Stickers 5 Maximum current rating 1A ...

Page 6: ...f this booklet Do not use the Logiblocs until you understand the safety advice Please keep these instructions for future reference Never ever touch or try to push any wires into a mains electrical socket or plug This would be very dangerous Do not let the Logiblocs get wet and never put any parts or wires into your mouth LOOKING AFTER YOUR LOGIBLOCS It s a good idea to keep your Logiblocs in the b...

Page 7: ... own simple program to build each new invention Each block has its own job to do described by its color Logi Yellow Input These blocks trigger the system at the press of a button and in all sorts of other ways Logi Blue Throughput These blocks take messages from place to place Logi Orange Logic These brain blocks do the thinking and make sure that everything happens in the right place and at the r...

Page 8: ...installation near the end of this booklet Step 2 Plug in the BATTERY BOX to the CROSS Step 3 Plug in a BUTTON and a BLEEP block When you press it the light on the CROSS should come on If this doesn t happen check that the batteries are put in correctly If you still have trouble maybe your batteries are flat We will use this Logitest unit to test if all the other blocks are working OK BATTERY BOX B...

Page 9: ...d check that all the green lights come on These blue blocs take messages from place to place Step 5 Now take off the blue pieces and replace the BUTTON on your Logitester with the LIGHT SWITCH Cover over the lens of the LIGHT SWITCH and see how the BLEEP goes on and off This bloc switches other blocs on when it sees light 9 STRAIGHT Y BLOCK LIGHT SWITCH ...

Page 10: ...lock is another way to trigger the blocks and is useful for linking your Logibloc systems to Door Alarms Pressure Mats and even making Lie Detectors Metal Detectors and Water Sensors Step 7 Now replace the IN with the PULSE bloc This creates its own messages or pulses automatically Experiment with altering the speed of the pulses by twisting the knob This block is useful for making automatic syste...

Page 11: ...OUT block to switch other things such as light bulbs and motors on and off Note that this external circuit needs its own seperate power supply 11 yy yy Step 9 Add on the SEQUENCER block as shown Notice how the SEQUENCER lights come on and off one after another Put the PULSE on full speed by twisting the knob fully clockwise SEQUENCER OUT yy yy eqe ...

Page 12: ... see the lights 12 Step 11 Now let s check out the SOUND BLOC and the FLIP FLOP Put the blocks together as shown and see how the signal swaps from side to side of the FLIP FLOP Sing to the blocks and see the traffic lights change they like Mozart best y y y y RED LIGHT YELLOW LIGHT GREEN LIGHT FLIP FLOP SOUND BLOC ...

Page 13: ...o press the BUTTON for to make the YELLOW LIGHT go off Step 13 Finally let s check the AND and the OR blocks Experiment with pressing the BUTTONS and covering the LIGHT SWITCH Can you see the difference between the way the AND and the OR blocks work You have successfully completed the test procedure Well done Now it is time to get the Logiblocs to work and have some fun NOT AND DELAY 2 Way DELAY L...

Page 14: ...n the doors Another good example is an intruder alarm that senses movement or maybe picks up body heat hot things radiate infrared rays which can be found just beyond the red end of the rainbow LIGHT DETECTOR Now let s see how easy the LIGHT SWITCH is to use Fix the Logiblocs together as shown Walk around in the evening and see when the green light is on and when the red light is on If you need to...

Page 15: ...he remote control on your TV Pass your hand over the lens of the LIGHT SWITCH and see the lights change You need to stop all the light getting to the lens to make this work properly We will now make some other systems controlled by light SHADOW SURPRISES Place the same blocks upright so that as people pass by their shadow makes the BLEEP come on How about setting up the blocks to wake you up when ...

Page 16: ...TERY BOX Step 2 Place your flashlight so that it shines across the doorway straight at the lens of the LIGHT SWITCH You have now made a Light Breaker Alarm When the light beam is broken by walking through the beam the BLEEP will sound for about 10 seconds Don t forget to disconnect the BATTERY BOX when you are not using the Logiblocs to make the batteries last as long as possible 16 Direction of L...

Page 17: ...is best to remove the LONG DELAY from the circuit so the BLEEP does not stay on for too long PROTECT YOUR TREASURE First make the circuit shown and lay it down on a flat surface Make sure there is enough light shining down onto the LIGHT SWITCH to make the light on the Logiblocs come on Now cover over the LIGHT SWITCH with a loose block or your treasure The two BLEEPS will stop sounding If anyone ...

Page 18: ...ne when it has reached a certain point So when the switch is pushed the circuit is completed which sends a signal to the controller to start or stop the next function This is exactly what the Logiblocs IN block can do We don t bother with switches but do the same thing by simply touching the two Jack Plug wires together to complete the circuit The IN block then tells the other Logiblocs to get to ...

Page 19: ...nds sticking out so that the door will brush past them when it is opened Stick the wires on with sticky tape 19 Step 2 Shape a strip of aluminium foil around the edge of the door itself at the height of the two wires When the door opens the aluminium foil will touch both wires which can be used to trigger the Logiblocs into action This is called completing the circuit Step 3 Fix the Logiblocs toge...

Page 20: ...the Jack Plug Wires to test for metal Touch the ends of the wires in two places on the item to be tested If the BLEEP sounds then you have found metal because metal conducts electricity Remember not to put these wires anywhere near any mains electrical outlets because that could be very dangerous WATER DETECTOR Water also conducts electricity You can test for water by putting the two ends of the J...

Page 21: ... sandwich you have made When the two pieces of foil touch the circuit is completed and the Logiblocs should be triggered If the aluminium sheets in the sandwich are touching too easily then add another spacer or two When you are happy with the sandwich stick down the top piece of cardboard to the spacers Hide the Logiblocs and place the mat under carpets and surprise your friends when they step in...

Page 22: ...ake a Lie Detector This uses the effect that when people do not tell the truth they usually sweat which increases the electrical conductivity of their hands Step 1 Make two hand sized aluminium foil pads and lay them side by side on a table making sure that they do not touch Fix with tape the metal ends of the Jack Plug wires with some sticky tape one to each piece of foil yy yy yy yy You can also...

Page 23: ...et you started LOGIFIGHTER Use a 9V battery 6F22 or 6LR61 to power these next two spaceships Hold the battery in place using tape Turn the knob to increase or decrease the speed of the flashing craft as it comes into land You can use the Launch Runway provided in the box to let your Logifighter take off y y yy yy y y y y 23 WING SHIP ...

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Page 25: ...25 MOTHER SHIP Support the Mother Ship in three places using the BATTERY BOX and the two CORNER blocs ...

Page 26: ...BOX on to the craft as shown so that the bleeping starts when the Landing Craft comes into land and the BUTTONS are pressed down Bring your Landing Craft into land onto the Landing Pad provided in the box y y y y y y y y 26 LAND SPEEDER ...

Page 27: ... yy yy yy yy 27 CONTROL SHIP Now use your Logimagination to design and build your own spacecraft ...

Page 28: ...nimals can hear much higher frequencies The thunder which accompanies lightning is caused by the sudden heating of a column of air by the electricity The air expands quickly creating a powerful pressure wave which is the sound you hear It takes longer to get to you than the lightning because sound travels much slower than light Our ears pick up the sound using our eardrums which vibrate when the s...

Page 29: ...gger the lights SOUND GUARD Put the Logiblocs together as shown and hide them beside a door or inside a cupboard Put the BLEEP as far away from the SOUND BLOC as possible to prevent feedback Feedback happens when the sound of the BLEEP goes straight back into the SOUND BLOC so that the system never stops You could try using a book or a cushion placed between the BLEEP and the SOUND BLOC to stop fe...

Page 30: ...subtract multiply and divide They were like great big adding machines but they could also make decisions based on a simple set of rules We all have to make many decisions in our lives Decisions may depend on more than one thing at once Each decision on its own is simple if this happens then I will do that but taking them all together it can be quite complicated A computer only succeeds by dealing ...

Page 31: ...und in a closed loop FEED BACK AUTOMATION FLASHING CIRCUIT Put together the Logiblocs as shown As soon as you join the last Logibloc together to make the complete circle the lights will begin to flash To understand what is happening you need to think what is happening to the signal as it travels around the circle 31 It sets off around the circle until it reaches the NOT block Because the NOT alway...

Page 32: ...LIGHT SWITCH with a loose Logibloc and the buzzing will stop If anyone takes the loose block away the alarm will sound again 32 LIGHT FEEDBACK Here we are using a RED LIGHT LED to shine back at a LIGHT SWITCH LDR to complete the feedback loop Now move the LED away from the LDR or place a piece of card in between and see how the flashing stops To make this work you will need to make the LED as brig...

Page 33: ...completing the circle Try to break this feedback loop by placing a book or cushion in the way When the SOUND BLOC can no longer hear the BLEEP the sound will stop because you have broken the loop Experiment with holding the SOUND BLOC in different places and at different angles to see when feedback starts and stops The AND block needs both inputs to be on in order to pass a signal on Imagine a far...

Page 34: ...le even if you stop pressing the BUTTON To re set the system you have to break the feed back loop by pressing the other BUTTON This makes the NOT block go off This then stops the signal going through the AND block because this needs both inputs before it will send the signal on This is known as a latch circuit because it locks in place like a door latch 34 You can use this Memory Circuit with any ...

Page 35: ...will make two completely separate systems and let them talk to each other Step 1 Put SYSTEM 1 together as shown Cover over the LIGHT SWITCH and check that the FLIP FLOP swaps the two BLEEPS and that the OUT block clicks If you can t hear the click then your batteries are probably flat Step 2 Put SYSTEM 2 together as shown The two halves join together to form a U into which you can place the 9V bat...

Page 36: ...allel Step 4 To help you understand what is going on place a card first to break the light beam link and then by placing the card in the U the sound link You may be able to do this with your hand also Experiment with changing the distance between the systems and the color of the LIGHT Which is the most powerful Red Green or Yellow Change the speed of the PULSE and see the effect 36 ...

Page 37: ...may also work out what is the most efficient way to stop at several floors where the call button has been pressed The logical Logiblocs AND OR NOT DELAY and the FLIP FLOP the orange ones can all be used to combine messages in different ways But you have to think LIGHT AND SOUND TOGETHER Putting the Logiblocs together as shown will make a system that will react to light or sound We are using the OR...

Page 38: ...e signal on to the SEQUENCER The two signals are coming from the steady flashing unit and the PULSE block By changing the speed of the PULSE you can get some interesting and apparently random effects But do the patterns of lights and sound repeat Is this truly random To be random the pattern must never repeat itself but appear to be haphazard y y y y 38 ...

Page 39: ... now ready Step 2 Pass the card with holesin it over the LDR so that the SEQUENCER is triggered either 2 9 or 16 times Note how the DELAY 2 Way block prevents any fast signals getting through to the DELAY Long Step 3 Once the lights have stopped at the DELAY 2 Way for about one second the signal will go on to the DELAY Long Now is your chance to get past the AND block which was previously stopping...

Page 40: ...nnector each time CROSS This acts as a cross roads for all Logiblocs and lets you turn corners 40 STRAIGHT This is the basic Logibloc piece that just gets you from place to place Logiblocs make things happen CORNER These help you to build round corners and act as great legs for space stations BATTERY CONNECTOR 9V DC 6F22 or 6LR61 This lets you use a 9V Battery Pack to power the Logiblocs Use it li...

Page 41: ... up when ever it receives a message and passes it on immediately BUTTON When the button is pressed it triggers any block connected to it The button is the easiest way to turn things on LIGHT SWITCH This triggers any other Logibloc connected to it if a light is shone into the clear lens on the top Use it in the dark with a flashlight Experiment with the way it works by covering part or all of the l...

Page 42: ...ressed The difference is that it is automatic Change the speed of the pulse by turning the knob round LIGHTS LEDs When a message gets to a LIGHT it comes on You can get red yellow and green lights All the Logibloc lights are LEDs Light Emitting Diodes These are extra large ones SOUND BLOC This contains a sound sensor which triggers the other blocks if it hears the slightest sound Great for making ...

Page 43: ... When a message gets to a BLEEP it makes a bleeping noise The BLEEP goes on and off after a while automatically DELAY 2 Way This block waits for a little while before passing any message it receives on to the next block When the signal it receives stops it again waits a little while before turning itself off Useful for slowing things down DELAY Long Logiblocs have several different types of delay ...

Page 44: ...of the two signals it receives go through FLIP FLOP This switches messages from one side to the other every time it receives a signal Useful for making two different things go on and off alternately SEQUENCER This has one input and seven outputs When it receives a signal it passes it on to the next output immediately Any Logiblocs plugged in will be triggered when it is their turn and they will li...

Page 45: ...compartment Insert the two lugs into the holes and close the lid Do up the screw again Do not tighten too much LIFT LID TO ADD BATTERIES SCREW underneath JOIN OTHER LOGIBLOCS HERE 45 FUSE REPLACEMENT As an added safety feature there is a 1A fuse contained in the BATTERY BOX and the BATTERY CONNECTOR LBT F2 If in the unlikely event this gets broken you will need to obtain a replacement BATTERY BOX ...

Page 46: ...able batteries Do not short circuit the supply terminals or throw in fire Remove batteries during long periods of non use Never leave worn out batteries connected they might leak and corrode things Use only one BATTERY BOX or BATTERY CONNECTOR in any circuit SOME MORE DOs AND DON Ts If you want to save the batteries disconnect the BATTERY BOX when you finish a Logibloc session When using the BATTE...

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