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⚙️ EV3 101: #02 - EV3 Brick Interface Overview
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This course includes resources provided by the following:
Joe Olayvar & Evelyn Lindberg in association with the Washington State Library
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy from Carnegie Mellon University
📕
Click
here
to access the
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Programming Basics
document in its entirety.
▶️
Click
here
to access the entire
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
YouTube playlist from the Washington State Library.
🎓
Click
here
to access the free online EV3 course from Carnegie Mellon University.
🎓
Learn It
Carefully read and/or watch the instructional media and respond to the related questions.
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Question 1
1.
Categorize each item based on whether it describes the
motor ports
or the
sensor ports
.
Output ports
Input ports
Identified with letters: A, B, C, D
Identified with numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4
Motor ports
Sensor ports
Question 2
2.
Identify the directional buttons that "move the selection on the screen."
Select all that apply.
Question 3
3.
Which tab first appears when you start up the brick?
File Navigation
Settings
Run Recent
Brick Applications
Question 4
4.
Port View allows you to see what is plugged into each port and what sensor or rotation value it is currently seeing. In which tab is Port View found?
File Navigation
Settings
Brick Applications
Run Recent
Question 5
5.
In the Run Recent tab, the most recently run program will be at the __________.
Question 6
6.
Identify the back button.
Question 7
7.
The EV3 brick __________ programmed information to __________ through __________ __________ ports.
Question 8
8.
Identify the button that turns the brick on and can be used to select options on the screen.
Question 9
9.
How are projects and files in the File Navigation tab are sorted?
Alphabetically
Chronologically: by the file creation date
Manually
Chronologically: by the last run date
Question 10
10.
Identify the buttons that navigate up and down lists.
Select all that apply.
Question 11
11.
How can you clear projects that are no longer needed from the brick?
Select all that apply.
Using the brick's File Navigation tab
Using the EV3 software
Using the brick's Brick Applications tab
Question 12
12.
In which tab can you configure the sleep timer and WiFi information?
File Navigation
Settings
Run Recent
Brick Applications
Question 13
13.
The EV3 brick __________ information from __________ through __________ __________ ports.
Question 14
14.
Identify the buttons that navigate across menu tabs.
Select all that apply.
Question 15
15.
Place the steps for turning the EV3 brick off into the correct order.
Press the [B]ack button until you see the Shut Off screen.
Tab [R]ight to highlight the check mark.
Press the [C]enter button to initiate shut down
Question 16
16.
How do you turn on the EV3?
Press and hold the Left and Right buttons for 5 seconds
Press the Back button and hold it for 5 seconds
Press the Dark Grey Center button
Press and hold both the Center button and Back button
Question 17
17.
Where can you find the port that is used to connect the brick to a computer using a USB cable?
Question 18
18.
How do you navigate the menus of the EV3?
Touch the screen with an included stylus pen.
Use the LEGO IR remote.
Use the direction buttons to navigate, Center button to select, and Back button to cancel or go back.
Use the Sound sensor and the built-in voice commands.
Question 19
19.
Place these steps for clearing a program from the EV3 using the brick's interface in the correct sequence.
Use the [C]enter button to select the project
Use the [C]enter button a third time to choose the trash option
Navigate over to the ✅ to select the confirm checkmark icon
Navigate [D]own to the project you want to delete
Use the [C]enter button again to bring up the trash option
Navigate to the File Navigation tab
Question 20
20.
How do you check the motor and sensor values on the EV3?
Adding a block to display the motor/sensor value when running a program.
Using the Brick Apps (third menu) > Port View > Select the motor or sensor you want to view.
Attaching a second screen adapter to the USB Port on the side of the EV3.
Question 21
21.
What does "daisy-chaining" mean in the context of this lesson?
Connecting more than one input sensor to the EV3 brick.
Running the same program multiple times.
Making necklaces and bracelets from freshly-picked daisies.
Connecting multiple things together, one after another.
Question 22
22.
Which of the following describe the [B]ack button?
Select all that apply.
Navigates to the Shut Down screen.
Powers on the EV3 brick.
Navigates to previous screens.
STOPS A RUNNING PROGRAM
Question 23
23.
"The EV3 brick's display area is basically a __________ and the button area is your __________.
Question 24
24.
Categorize each item based on the menu tab it represents.
Lists all programs recently run
Question 25
25.
Identify the button(s) that will stop a running program immediately.
Select all that apply.
Question 26
26.
Where can you find the speaker volume and other settings on the EV3?
In the Settings (fourth tab) menu.
Behind the battery pack.
On the back of the EV3.
Question 27
27.
Place these steps for clearing a program from the EV3 using a computer and the EV3 software in the correct sequence.
Ensure that the brick is turned on and connected to the computer.
In the EV3 software on the computer, go to the
Hardware
page at the bottom-right:
Then, click on the
Brick Information
icon at the top-left of the
Hardware
page.
Select the
Memory Browser
from the
Brick Information
screen.
Highlight a program from the
Memory Browser
screen (area 4 in the image below):
Select
Delete
(button 7 in the image), and it's gone!
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Question 28
28.
🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?
Use the [C]enter button a fourth time to confirm delete
Includes general configuration options such as Volume, Sleep, and WiFi settings
Provides access to navigate apps such as Port View and the Brick Program
Lists all project folders and the programs within them that are loaded on the EV3
Run Recent
File Navigation
Brick Applications
Settings