Lesson 2 – Working with the LED display

Tutorial 

  1. In our next tutorial we will learn more about the mBot LED’s.
  2. You will write a simple program to light up the LED’s, blink them a few times and then turn the off.
  3. See code for the tutorial below.
  4. Once you’ve tested out your code on the mBot you are ready to move onto the next tutorial.

Prerequisites

Here are the list of prerequisites for working on the Makeblock mBot robotics development track.

  1. This robotics development track makes extensive use of the Makeblock mBot.
  2. You will need to download and install the Makeblock mBlock code editor for your laptop/computer.
  3. The mBlock 5 code editor supports block based coding, coding in the C++ (Arduino) language including Python.
  4. Once you’ve obtained the Makeblock mBot and installed the mBlock code editor for your laptop/computer you are ready to proceed with the tutorials.
  5. MakeBlock also offers applications for use on your tablet / hand held device. Options for the Andriod / iPad include – mBlockly or MakeBlock HD. See the Makeblock mBlock link for additional details.

Questions