Directions

Left

Enter several values ranging from -127 to

127, then press Enter on the keyboard or
click away from the value entry window.

Observations
(include threshold power setting for the motor to turn)
When the motors speed was set to
negative. The motor would move clockwise.
Right

Motor/Sensor

Motor

When the motors speed was set to negative.

The motor would move clockwise

Change the line follower immediate

environment and observe the effect on
the lineFollower value. Use a dark and
light color within 1/4 - 1/8 in. to see the
change in the sensor value.

When you want a line follower to follow a light line, you want
to set the light value to around 3000. For darker line is
around 1000.

Change the potentiometer setting and

observe the effect on the potentiometer
value. Rotate the potentiometer to
change the sensor input. Do not force
the potentiometer beyond the CW and
CCW physical stops.

When you rotate the potentiometer counter clockwise, the

value decrease, but when you rotate is clockwise, the values
increase.

Line Follower

Potentiometer

Calculate the angle change between

whole number values in your
engineering notebook. Use the
protractor below to measure an angle.
Change the limit switch environment and
observe the effect on the limitSwitch
value.

When the limit switch is pressed down, value will be 1. When

it is not being pressed down, then value will be 0.

Change the bumper switch environment

and observe the effect on the
bumpSwitch value.

The bump switch is activated by a human, the switch has to

have a monitor hooked up to is to make it control the right
motor. When the bump switch is pressed, it has a value of 1.
When it is not being pressed, it has a value of 0.

Change the optical encoder environment

and observe the effect on the quad
value. Rotate the optical encoder. Note
that there is no CW or CCW physical
stop therefore it can be turned
indefinitely in a direction.

When the encoder is rotated clockwise, the value decreases,

when it is rotated counter clockwise, the value increases.

Enter a 0 value, then press Enter on the

keyboard or elsewhere in the dialog
window. Did the LED respond as you
expected?

The LED is turned in when the value is 1, and the LED is

turned off when the value is 0.

Limit Switch

Bumper Switch

Optical Encoder

Green LED

Enter a 1 value, then press Enter on the

keyboard or click away from the value

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entry window. Did the LED respond as

you expected?
Enter several values ranging from -127
to 127, then press Enter on the
keyboard or click away from the value
entry window.

The servo motor enters position from 127 to -127.

Calculate the angle change between

whole number values in your
engineering notebook. Use the
protractor above to measure an angle.
Servo Motor
Enter several values ranging from -127
to 127, then press Enter on the
keyboard or click away from the value
entry window. This allows the value to
be updated. Note that the flashlight
needs a negative value in the debugger
window.

You can enter any value from 127 to -127 and the higher the
value, the brightest the light.

Change the ultrasonic environment with

a solid object in front of the ultrasonic
sensor. Observe the effect on the sonar
value.

The closer an object is to the sensor, the lower the output

values. When the object is farther, the higher the output
values.

Change the light sensors immediate

environment by activating the flashlight
and shine it on the light sensor. Use
your hand to shield the light to the
sensor to change the sensor input.
Observe the effect on the lightSensor
value.

The higher the amount of light exposed to the sensor, the

lower the output value. The lower the amount of light
exposed, the higher the value.

Flashlight

Ultrasonic

Light Sensor

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