Session Details

Week 1, Session 2 — Wed Dec 2

Reading

  1. 1.3, 1.5-2.4
    (24 pages)

HW Due

  1. HW 1

Topics

  1. Basic program structure
  2. Introduction to Create's hardware
  3. Create Open Interface doc
  4. Create Users Manual doc
  5. Pycreate.pdf.
  6. Introduction to programming the Create

Outline

  1. [5 min] Hand-back quizzes, discuss questions
  2. [5 min] Show off animations from HW1
  3. [10 min] Parts of programs -- chaos in Python
  4. [10 min] Get robots from lockers
  5. [20 min] Introduction to the Create and Bluetooth
  6. [10 min] Robot commands in RealTerm
  7. [5 min] Break
  8. [15 min] Robot commands using the serial library
  9. [20 min] Robot commands using the pycreate library
  10. [5 min] Finish daily quiz and point out homework to them.

Intro to the Create

HW Assigned

  1. HW 2