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More 3-motor Technic fun with Mindstorms not using an RCX/RIS, not using a
PC and not downloading firmware with the IR tower. Just use the Scout from
Robotics Discovery Set and the Micro Scout from Dark Side Developers Kit or
Droid Developers Kit.
Test the assembly in your lab as follows:
1) Get a Micro Scout and a Scout with a touch sensors. Put an axle into
the Micro Scout's motor with something on the end to indicate rotation.
2) Position the Scout's light output next to the Micro Scout's light sensor
or use a fiber optic cable to connect the light to the sensor. If you need
to find the Scout's light output, then press On, press it again and hold it
down for 2 seconds until it beeps twice again, look at the face that has the
light sensor, press Run while watching the hole to the left of the light
sensor flash red, and grin that you found the elusive red LED (light
emitting diode).
3) Optionally, connect motors to the Scout to verify proper operation of
the built-in programs and get a flashlight to trigger the Scout's built-in
programs that depend on light sensor input. Put something on the ends of
the motor axles to indicate rotation.
4) Connect touch sensors to the Scout to trigger the built-in programs that
depend on touch sensor input.
5) On the Micro Scout press On and select the P program.
6) On the Scout press On. Press On again and hold it down for 2 seconds to
reset defaults.
7) On the Scout set Motion to Forward, Set Touch to Avoid, and press Run.
8) Press the Scout's left touch sensor. The Scout should send red light
VLL commands to the Micro Scout. The Micro Scout's motor should turn then
reverse then stop.
9) Press the Scout's right touch sensor. Again, the light should transmit
and the Micro Scout should run a built-in motor routine.
10) Continue your routine pressing the left then the right touch sensors
while observing the Micro Scout's responses. The Scout and the Micro Scout
will eventually change their routines.
11) Try selecting other rules on the Scout and running them while watching
the Micro Scout's motor.
12) Tediously test the Scout's 3000 built-in programs, record the Micro
Scout's responses to each test, and report your findings to us. Tell us
what Scout rules cause the Micro Scout to run and exactly what the Micro
Scout does.
If you get serious about this business, then look at previous posts at:
http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=3964.
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