NXT Labview Training with Mindstorm Kits

[Greg Shaw]

I am very excited to see this post. Last year we were a rookie FRC team (3601). We conquered a lot of the learning curve but our programming was done mostly by our mentor team. This year we are gearing up for FRC season #2 and we just got a grant to do FTC with some middle school kids. Between my high school FRC kids and my middle school FTC kids I am hoping we can figure out Labview. Also, we just picked up a new mentor with programming experience. He does not know labview but he has past programming experience . Thank you very much for creating and posting this tutorial. Any other tips for conquering programming are appreciated.

[Brian Holford]

Hi Everyone,

Two new Sections have been added to:
https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...storm_training

Labview_Mindstorms_trackingsystems_Lesson5
Introduction to Discrete Time Tracking Systems

transducers
Introduces analog to digital converter topics
Sample rates
How electronics can see faster than people
Closing the Loop (but without going into DiffEQ or feedback theory)
Edge Avoiding Robot (Because everyone in the world has done a line tracker)
calibrating software for a real world analog sensor
Step Size and Speed
Experimenting with how fast a motor can run

Mindstorms_Lesson6_SndCtl
Explores the development and considerations of a Sound Controlled Robot
The importance of breaking down a complex program into steps
starting with something very basic
Then adding error and exception handling to improve robustness
That mistakes happen and how to fix them
Sound from Continuous versus non-continuous sources
The pain of "One off" errors
Creating Sub-Vi's
Appendix's for
A) Modulo based periodic functions
B) Tracking of a Continuous Time Sound

These presentations are still being improved and I'm not yet satisfied with the handling of the material. Tomorrow will be the 3rd week on the Sound Controlled Robot.

The next and possibly final section is going to be on how to develop a joystick interface since the build season is rapidly approaching. I might just provide the code and let the students have fun with the robots with the time of year and all. Time will tell.

Regards,

Brian
http://brainSTEMeducation.com

[Brian Holford]

Hi Everyone,

I have put together a Labview guide for established programmers: How to do normal programming tasks in a Labview environment.

The guide can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...edirects=0&d=1

Sections 5 and 6 have also been updated since the last post...
https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...storm_training

Regards,

Brian

[Brian Holford]

Hi Everyone,

I have updated Lesson 1 for the latest version of labview and I'm working through the rest of the material as the fall training season progresses.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...JmMzFjYmMxMTY0

I have also updated the state machine training sections but haven't posted those yet.

https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...storm_training

[Brian Holford]

New Material just posted (rough draft form) on Loops, Case Structures, Local Variables, Real World Time and Math as demonstrated with getting an NXT to play the Star Wars Intro Theme

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...ZGEwYTIxN2ExNg

Star wars source code can be found in the files of:
https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...storm_training

Also, a list of exercises to understand real world timing of loops on an embedded system (NXT)
https://sites.google.com/site/0123ic...training/loops

regards,

Brian