NXT Labview Training with Mindstorm Kits

[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