Programming with Kittenblock: Onboard Sensors

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There are multiple onboard sensors on Futureboard.

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Onboard Sensors Blocks

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Sample Program: Buttons

Pressing the buttons changes the color.

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Sample Program: Temperature and Light sensors

The sensor values are shown on the screen.

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Sample Program: Accelerometer and Gyroscope

Please refer to the following figure for the axis orientation.

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The acceleration values are shown on the screen.

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Sample Program: Gestures

The Futureboard can detect 8 gestures:

  1. ‘shake’

  2. ‘freefall’

  3. ‘tilt_up’

  4. ‘tilt_down’

  5. ‘tilt_left’

  6. ‘tilt_right’

  7. ‘face_up’

  8. ‘face_down’

Shake the FutureBoard for a sound.

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Sample Program: Gesture Triggers

Shake the FutureBoard for a sound.

Note: Trigger Events only work when the program is uploaded onto the FutureBoard.

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Sample Program: Gyroscope

Shows the roll and pitch of the FutureBoard.

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Sample Program: Magnetic Sensor

The magnetic sensor has a range of ±800(μT)。

The magnetic strengths are shown on FutureBoard.

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The magnetic sensor needs to be calibrated before use.

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Sample Program: Compass

The compass returns a compass bearing, with 0 indicating North.

The compass bearing is shown.

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If you have any question, please feel free to contact us at Discord, we will always be there to help.

 

KittenBot Team

 

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