Introduction to

LEGO EV3
Additional Training Tutorials:

http://www.stemcentric.com/ev3-tutorial/
Parts and Pieces
EV3 Brick Status Light

Red = Startup, Orange = Alert, Ready Green = Ready

Updating, Shutdown
Orange Pulsing= Alert, Green Pulsing = Running
Red Pulsing = Busy Running Program
EV3 Brick Buttons

1. Center Button – Turns the brick on

and says “ok” to various questions

2. Back – Reverse actions, abort a

running program or to shut down
brick

3. Left, Right, Up and Down – These

4 buttons are used to navigate
through the EV 3 brick
Brick Display

 Tab 1 – Run Recent

 Screen is blank until you begin to download
and run programs.
 Tab 2 - File Navigation
 Files are organized in project folders.
 Where do you think Programs created using
Brick Program and Brick Datalog app are
stored?
 Tab 3 Brick Apps
 Port View – Find Motor Degrees for B motor.
What do you think this shows you? How can
you reset to 0?
 Tab 4 Settings
 Volume *Turn the sound off. Turn the NXT
sound up.
EV3 Sensors and Motors

EV3 Large
Motor

Color Sensor Ultrasonic

Detects the Sensor
color or Measures the
intensity of distance to an
light object in front
of it

EV3 Medium
Motor

Touch Sensor Gyro Sensor

Analog sensor Detects
that can detect rotational
when the motion on a
sensor’s red single axis
button has
been pressed NOTE: All of the motors contain
or released internal rotation sensors which tell
the brick how far they have rotated
EV3 Lobby
Opening A New Program
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Software Interface
Programming Canvas

3. Write a
program
by clicking
Start Block
and
dragging
blocks to
the Start Drag
Click
Block.
Move Blocks
Properties of Move Steering Block
Downloading A Program

1. Download
2. Download and Run
3. Download Selected
File Naming and Saving

Activity: Open Software and Create a New

Program (File Name – gofwd)
EV3: File – New Project – Program – “Open”

* Double Click on File Name

Move Blocks Forward/Reverse

Activity: Drive
Forward – 360
degrees or more
- Then reverse half
the distance
BONUS: Annotate the Program
Activity: Drive Forward and Backward

1. Drive Forward MORE– double what you did earlier (use

1 block) - *Name and SAVE File
2. Drive Forward and change speed: (Fast and slow) (use
2 blocks)- *Name and SAVE File
3. Drive Forward and Backward (at least 2 blocks) * Name
and SAVE File

*Save each FILE as a NEW file!!!!!!

Activity: Using the View Screen to measure
distance in degrees!

1. Select Brick App

Screen
2. Select Port View
3. Scroll Right to Select
Motor Degrees
4. Select your port
5. Select - L – DEG
(not L - ROT )
Move-1 Wheel Turn

1. Set motor
rotation to
degrees

2. Set speed and direction

(positive and negative #’s)

3. Set # of
degrees motor
should rotate
EV3 Steering
EV3 Medium Motor

EV3 Large
EV3 Medium Motor
Motor
Third Motor-Attachments
Activity: Make a Simple Arm to Test
EV3 Color Sensor

Color Sensor
Detects the color or intensity of light
Programming Tips

•Saving programs by saving versions

•Programming Tips
• Keep It Simple, Silly (KISS)
• Program in small steps
TAAF
Attend a Qualifier Event!

NO MATTER what your children are

‘scoring’ during the robot game –
attend a qualifier tournament.

It’s all about the CELBRATION of

the season, not how well you can
score!

The robot score at the table

is a tiny piece of the overall
FIRST LEGO League
experience.
Other Great Websites

www.techbrick.com
www.nxtprograms.com
http://www.stemcentric.com/ev3
-tutorial

Search for FLL teams – many

teams put up great websites.
Robot Educator = HELP!
TIPS…..