17. case 07 Turns over Detection#

17.1. Our Goal#

  • Make the car to stop when it turns over.

17.2. Requiered Materials#

17.3. Hardware Connect#

  • Connect the left wheel servo to P1 of the Ring:bit expansion board and the right wheel servo to P2.

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17.4. Software#

makecode

17.5. Coding#

Step 1#

  • Click on “Advanced” in the MakeCode Drawer to see more code sections.

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  • Search for “ringbitcar” and click on the ring:bit car package to add it to your project. (As below picture)

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Note: If you get a warning telling you some packages will be removed because of incompatibility issues, either follow the prompts or create a new project in the Project file menu.

Step 2#

  • Snap the on start block from the Basic. Set RainbowLED with 24 leds in RGB format for colorful light and show rainbow from 1 to 360. Then, initialize the P1 port to left wheel and the P2 port to right wheel.

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Step 3#

  • Set a variable to state for controlling car’s running. Then set state variable unber the logo up block to true and the other to false.

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Step 4#

  • Set the rainblw led to colorful lights under the forever loop in gradual change. Use the variable state to control car’s running. ../../_images/w8SjwwY.png

Program#

Program Link:https://makecode.microbit.org/_asoLxTRz4Dg2

If you don’t want to type these code by yourself, you can directly download the whole program from the link below:

17.6. Result#

  • The car runs normally,when it turns over, it stops.

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17.7. Think#

  • How can you design more funny project using other kits?

17.8. Questions#

17.9. More Information#