Introduction to

LEGO EV3

Additional Training Tutorials:

http://www.stemcentric.com/ev3-tutorial/

Parts and Pieces

EV3 Brick Status Light

Red = Startup,

Updating, Shutdown

Red Pulsing = Busy

Orange = Alert, Ready

Orange Pulsing= Alert,

Running

Green = Ready

Green Pulsing = Running

Program

1. Center Button – Turns the brick on

and says “ok” to various questions

2. Back – Reverse actions, abort a

running program or to shut down

brick

3. Left, Right, Up and Down – These

4 buttons are used to navigate

through the EV 3 brick

EV3 Brick Buttons

Brick Display

Tab 1 – Run Recent

Screen is blank until you begin to download

and run programs.

Tab 2 - File Navigation

Files are organized in project folders.

Where do you think Programs created using

Brick Program and Brick Datalog app are

stored?

Tab 3 Brick Apps

Port View – Find Motor Degrees for B motor.

What do you think this shows you? How can

you reset to 0?

Tab 4 Settings

Volume *Turn the sound off. Turn the NXT

sound up.

EV3 Sensors and Motors

Color Sensor

Detects the

color or

intensity of

light

Ultrasonic

Sensor

Measures the

distance to an

object in front

of it

Touch Sensor

Analog sensor

that can detect

when the

sensor’s red

button has

been pressed

or released

Gyro Sensor

Detects

rotational

motion on a

single axis

EV3 Large

Motor

EV3 Medium

Motor

NOTE: All of the motors contain

internal rotation sensors which tell

the brick how far they have rotated

EV3 Lobby

Opening A New Program

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Software Interface

Programming Canvas

3. Write a

program

by clicking

and

dragging

blocks to

the Start

Block. Click

Drag

Start Block

Move Blocks

Properties of Move Steering Block

Downloading A Program

1. Download

2. Download and Run

3. Download Selected

File Naming and Saving

Activity: Open Software and Create a New

Program (File Name – gofwd)

EV3: File – New Project – Program – “Open”

* Double Click on File Name

Move Blocks Forward/Reverse

Activity: Drive

Forward – 360

degrees or more

- Then reverse half

the distance

BONUS: Annotate the Program

Activity: Drive Forward and Backward

1. Drive Forward MORE– double what you did earlier (use

1 block) - *Name and SAVE File

2. Drive Forward and change speed: (Fast and slow) (use

2 blocks)- *Name and SAVE File

3. Drive Forward and Backward (at least 2 blocks) * Name

and SAVE File

*Save each FILE as a NEW file!!!!!!

Activity: Using the View Screen to measure

distance in degrees!

1. Select Brick App

Screen

2. Select Port View

3. Scroll Right to Select

Motor Degrees

4. Select your port

5. Select - L – DEG

(not L - ROT )

Move-1 Wheel Turn

3. Set # of

degrees motor

should rotate

1. Set motor

rotation to

degrees

2. Set speed and direction

(positive and negative #’s)

EV3 Steering

EV3 Medium Motor

EV3 Large

MotorEV3 Medium

Motor

Third Motor-Attachments

Activity: Make a Simple Arm to Test

EV3 Color Sensor

Color Sensor

Detects the color or intensity of light

Programming Tips

•Saving programs by saving versions

•Programming Tips

• Keep It Simple, Silly (KISS)

• Program in small steps

TAAF

Attend a Qualifier Event!

NO MATTER what your children are

‘scoring’ during the robot game –

attend a qualifier tournament.

It’s all about the CELBRATION of

the season, not how well you can

score!

The robot score at the table

is a tiny piece of the overall

FIRST LEGO League

experience.

Other Great Websites

www.techbrick.com

www.nxtprograms.com

http://www.stemcentric.com/ev3

-tutorial

Search for FLL teams – many

teams put up great websites.

Robot Educator = HELP!

TIPS…..