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Страница 1: ...LEGOeducation com MINDSTORMS COMPUTER SCIENCE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH USER GUIDE...
Страница 2: ...Sensor 16 Remote Infrared Beacon 16 Temperature Sensor 18 Connecting the EV3 Technology 19 Connecting Sensors and Motors 19 Connecting the EV3 Brick to Your Computer 20 EV3 Brick Interface 25 Run Rec...
Страница 3: ...nsors you wish to use and build your robot just like you want it to be Enter the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Software to nd everything you need The EV3 Software Lobby gives you easy access to conten...
Страница 4: ...our robot is turning Touch Sensor Recognizes three conditions touched bumped and released Rechargeable Battery Economical environmentally friendly and convenient power source for your robot Large Moto...
Страница 5: ...e Up button is pressed or to lower them if the Down button is pressed for more information see Using the Brick Buttons in the EV3 Software Help Wireless Connection Status icons from the left Bluetooth...
Страница 6: ...Green pulsing Running Program You can also program the Brick Status Light to show di erent colors and to pulse when di erent conditions are met learn more about using the Brick Status Light Block in t...
Страница 7: ...Speaker All sounds from the EV3 Brick come through this speaker including any sound e ects used in programming your robots When the quality of the sound is important to you try to leave the speaker un...
Страница 8: ...teries To install the Rechargeable Battery on the EV3 Brick remove the battery cover on the back of the EV3 Brick by pressing the two plastic tabs on the side If there are batteries in the EV3 Brick r...
Страница 9: ...inserted the six AA batteries attach the battery cover again SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BATTERIES Never use di erent kinds of batteries together including mixing old and new Remove batteries fr...
Страница 10: ...utton the Brick Status Light will turn red and the Starting screen will be displayed When the light changes to green your EV3 Brick is ready To turn the EV3 Brick o press the Back button until you see...
Страница 11: ...dium Motor also includes a built in Rotation Sensor with 1 degree resolution but it is smaller and lighter than the Large Motor That means it is able to respond more quickly than the Large Motor The M...
Страница 12: ...sor measures the intensity of light re ected back from a red light emitting lamp The sensor uses a scale of 0 very dark to 100 very light This means your robot might be programmed to move around on a...
Страница 13: ...EV3 Brick If the Gyro Sensor is attached to a robot the robot should be held motionless in its starting position as the Gyro Sensor is plugged into the EV3 Brick CONNECTING THE GYRO SENSOR On the EV3...
Страница 14: ...input from the Touch Sensor a robot can be programmed to see the world as a blind person might reaching a hand out and responding when it touches something pressed You might build a robot with a Touch...
Страница 15: ...tween 1 and 99 inches with an accuracy of 0 394 inches A value of 255 centimeters or 100 inches means the sensor is not able to detect any object in front of it A steady light around the sensor eyes t...
Страница 16: ...mber of centimeters or inches The sensor can detect objects up to 70 cm away depending on the size and shape of the object For more information see Using the Infrared Sensor Proximity Mode in the EV3...
Страница 17: ...automatically turn itself o REMOTE MODE You can also use the Remote Infrared Beacon as a remote control for your robot When in Remote Mode the Infrared Sensor can detect which button or combination o...
Страница 18: ...rature Sensor is a digital sensor that measures the temperature at the tip of its metal probe The sensor measures in Celsius 20 C to 120 C and Fahrenheit 4 F to 248 F with an accuracy of 0 1 C TheTemp...
Страница 19: ...rt 3 Color Sensor Port 4 Ultrasonic Sensor Infrared Sensor If the EV3 Brick is connected to your computer while you program the software will automatically identify which port is being used for each s...
Страница 20: ...013 The LEGO Group 041329 EV3TECHNOLOGY Connecting the EV3 Brick toYourComputer Connect the EV3 Brick to your computer by USB Cable or wirelessly using either Bluetooth or Wi Fi USB CABLE Using the US...
Страница 21: ...e EV3 Software see the EV3 Software chapter on page 37 for directions on how to do this 3 Go to the Hardware Page at the lower right of the screen expand the window if collapsed learn more about the H...
Страница 22: ...ucation website www LEGOeducation com MINDSTORMS To begin the setup you must have access to a wireless network and know the network s name and its password If the EV3 Software is open close it and ins...
Страница 23: ...will now be asked to enter the encryption type and the network password using the Left Right Up and Down buttons to navigate upper and lower cases do matter here Once you have entered the correct pass...
Страница 24: ...the Wireless Setup tool in the Hardware Window at the bottom right of the screen or select Wireless Setup from the Tools Menu The computer will display which networks it detects Select the network you...
Страница 25: ...cent This screen will be blank until you begin to download and run programs It is the most recently run programs that will be displayed on this screen The program at the top of the list which is selec...
Страница 26: ...adings returned from thesensoror motor Attach some sensors and motors and experiment with the di erent settings Press the Center button to see or change the current settings for the attached motors an...
Страница 27: ...Infrared Beacon On Channel 1 you will be able to control motors connected to Port B using Buttons 1 and 2 on the Remote Infrared Beacon and to Port C using Buttons 3 and 4 on the Remote Infrared Beac...
Страница 28: ...how Navigating all the way down will take you back to your program Generally there are two types of blocks Action and Wait The Action Block Indicator is a small arrow at the top right on the block The...
Страница 29: ...the Left button to navigate to the Start block at the very beginning of the program Press the Center button and your program will run Save and open program To save your program navigate to the Save ic...
Страница 30: ...EV3 Brick a graph will show live readings from one of the sensors like an oscilloscope if a motor is connected it is readings from the in build rotation sensor To the right of the graph the following...
Страница 31: ...and Right buttons to select sensor mode for example if the Color Sensor should measure color or ambient light Once you have found the correct sensor mode use the Center button to click OK and you will...
Страница 32: ...olume will already be highlighted Press the Center button Use the Right and Left buttons to change the volume setting which can be intervals from 0 to 100 Press the Center button to accept This will r...
Страница 33: ...nabled on your EV3 Brick and a Bluetooth icon will be shown in the top left of the EV3 Brick Display Note This setting will not allow you to connect to an iOS device For this you will need to select t...
Страница 34: ...on Search the EV3 Brick will scan the area for all detectable Bluetooth emitting devices including other EV3 Bricks Your favorite devices will be shown with an asterisk symbol Use the Up and Down butt...
Страница 35: ...x Wi Fi is now enabled on your EV3 Brick and a Wi Fi icon will be shown in the top left of the EV3 Brick Display To go back to the main Settings screen press the Down button until the check mark at th...
Страница 36: ...CHER AND STUDENT EDITION During the installation process you will be asked if you want to install the Teacher or Student Edition of the EV3 Software On Macintosh Teacher Edition can be selected when c...
