Transcript Troubleshooting Robot C_self

Robot C and
Natural Language
Create a folder
• Create a folder on your desktop to insert all
your Robot C files,
• Here you will begin with your template and
other basic programs,
• Immediately change the name of your
modified file!
PLTW Template
Begin with PLTW template
RobotC files
Test 1
Change the name to TEST 1
Save in your desktop folder
Step #1
Step #2
Step #3
Cortex Schematic
lineFollower
This information should match the
motor and sensors setup done in
ROBOTC
potentiometer
bumpSwitch
touchSwitch
leftMotor
rightMotor
clawMotor
Motors
• 2-wire motors can be connected directly to
ports 1 and 10 on the VEX Cortex
• The VEX Motor Controller 29 allows you to
connect the VEX 2-wire Motors to any of the
standard 3-wire ports on the VEX Cortex.
• To use the VEX Motor Controller 29, plug the
3-wire end into one of the MOTOR ports (29) on your VEX Cortex Microcontroller.
ROBOTC - Programming
3. Complete Motor and Sensor Setup
Allows you to configure and name all of the motors
and sensors connected to your robot.
Analog Sensor Setup
Type a name to describe
the sensor.
Choose the type of
sensor – the only analog
sensors for GTT are Line
Follower and
Potentiometer.
Sensor Setup
Type a name to describe
the digital sensor
location or purpose. Both
the limit and bumper
switches are Touch Type.
LED’s can be plugged in
to dgtl9-dgtl12, the type
is Digital Out.
Practice with bump switch:
untilBump(bumpSwitch,5);
wait(.5);
startMotor(leftMotor,127);
startMotor(rightMotor,-127);
untilBump(bumpSwitch);