Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit
Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit

Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit


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EV3 without limits!   Build 5 amazing robotics projects that take DIY to a whole new level!   You can do way more with your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit than anyone ever told you! In this full-color, step-by-step tutorial, top-maker and best-selling author John Baichtal shows you how to transcend Mindstorms’ limits as you build five cutting-edge robotics projects.   You’ll discover just how much you can do with only the parts that came with your kit–and how much farther you can go with extremely low-cost add-ons like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. You’ll learn how to reprogram your Mindstorms Intelligent Brick to add additional hardware options and create more complex programs.   Hundreds of full-color, step-by-step photos teach you every step, every skill. Whenever you’re ready for advanced techniques, Baichtal explains them in plain English. Here’s just some of what you’ll learn how to do:   Build a drawing Plotter Bot that gyrates to draw new patterns Hack Mindstorms’ wires–and control robots without wires Create a remote-controlled crane, and operate it from your smartphone Use the EV3 brick to control third-party electronic modules of all kinds Replace the EV3 brick with smarter, more flexible Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or BeagleBone Black hardware Build a robotic flower whose petals open and close based on time of day Use third-party sensors to build robots that can sense practically anything Load an alternate operating system onto your EV3 brick 3D print, laser, and mill your own perfect LEGO parts Create ball contraptions, and extend them with your own custom parts Make a pole-climbing robot–and hook up an altimeter to track its height   This book is not authorized or endorsed by the LEGO® Group.   Register Your Book at www.quepublishing.com/register and receive 35% off your next purchase.    

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction 1     Hacking Mindstorms 2     Chapter Topics 6 Chapter 2 Project: Plotter Bot 7     Parts List 8     Building the Plotter Bot 9     Program the Plotter Bot 43         Moving the Motors 44         A Simple Program 45         Resetting the X Axis 47         Hacking Opportunities 49     Summary 49 Chapter 3 Hacking LEGO I: Connections 51     Mindstorms Wires Explained 51         Inside the Mindstorms Wire 52         Hacking Mindstorms Wires 53     Exploring Wireless Options 56         Infrared Sensor and Beacon 56         Bluetooth 57         Hacking Wireless 58     Summary 62 Chapter 4 Project: Remote-Controlled Crane 63     Parts List 64     Building the Crane 65     Programming the Crane 93     Controlling the Crane with Infrared 98     Using Your Phone’s Commander App 98     Summary 104 Chapter 5 Hacking LEGO II: Alternate Controllers 105     Microcontrollers and Microcomputers 106         Arduino 106         Raspberry Pi 108         BeagleBone Black 110         But Why? 112     Example Projects 114         Book Reader 114         Mini Tank 115         Chocolate Milk Maker 116         Ball Counting Robot 117         Rolling Alarm Robot 118         BeagleBone Black Robot 119     Programing Environments 120         LeJos 121     RobotC 121         Monobrick 121         ev3dev 121     Summary 122 Chapter 6 Project: Robot Flower 123     Robot Flower Mindstorms Build 124         Parts List 124         Steps 125         Program the Robot Flower 146     Substituting the Arduino 150         Quick and Dirty Arduino 151         Parts 152         Steps 153         Programming the Arduino 154     Summary 155 Chapter 7 Hacking LEGO III: Create Your Own LEGO Parts 157     Designing Your Own Parts 158         Check Your Dimensions 159         Create the Design File 160         Output and Iterate 161     Finding Designs 161         Thingiverse 162         LDraw 163         SketchUp Warehouse 163     Outputting Your Own Parts 164         CNC Mill 164         Laser Cutter 167         3D Printer 170         Tip: Parametric 3D Models 175     Summary 176 Chapter 8 Project: Ball Contraption 177     Building the Contraption 178         Parts List 178         Steps 179     Program the Contraption 224     Creating Your Own Parts 225         The Baseplate 226         The Gear 233     Summary 237 Chapter 9 Hacking LEGO IV: Add-on Electronics 239     Motors and Wheels 240         Motor Driver 240         Omni-Wheels 240         8-Channel Servo Controller 241         Hub-ee Wheels 242         Linear Actuator 242         Servo-Actuated Pneumatic Valve 243     Lighting Systems 244         RGB LED Modules 244         Light Strands 245     Sensors 246         Grove Sensor Adapter 246         dGPS 246         Proximity Sensor 247         Pixy and Pixy Adapter 248         Sensor Mux 249         Absolute IMU-ACG 250         dPressure Sensor 251         Thermal Infrared Sensor 252     NXT and Education Electronics 252         Pneumatics Add-On Set 252         NXT Light Sensor 253         NXT Temperature Sensor 253         NXT Sound Sensor 254         NXT Ultrasonic 255     Control Systems 255         Relay Driver 256         sBrick Control System 256         PlayStation Controller Interface 257         NXTBee Wireless Board 258     Summary 258 Chapter 10 Project: Flagpole Climber 259     Building the Flagpole Climber 260         Parts List 260         Building Steps 262         Programming the Pole Climber 288         Installing the Ultrasonic Sensor 289         Programming the Sensor 290     Swapping in the BrickPi 291         Raspberry Pi Quick Start 292         Adding the RPi and BrickPi 292         Parts List 294         Steps 294         Tip: Troubleshooting 301     Summary 302 Glossary 303 TOC, 9780789755384, 10/12/2015 9780789755384_book.indb vi 10/9/15 1:05 PM    

About the Author :
John Baichtal has written or edited more than a dozen books, including the award-winning Cult of Lego (2011, No Starch Press), Make: LEGO and Arduino Projects (2012, Maker Media) with Adam Wolf and Matthew Beckler, Robot Builder (2014, Que), and Basic Robot Building with LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (2012, Que), as well as Building Your Own Drones (2015, Que). His most recent book is Maker Pro (2014, Maker Media), a collection of essays and interviews describing life as a professional maker. John lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife and three children.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780134217475
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0134217470
  • Publisher Date: 17 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 320


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