BQ ZUM KIT

BQ ZUM KIT

Aitana Molinuevo 3ºC

What is Zum Kit?

BQ Zum Kit Advanced is a robotics kit based on the Arduino ZUM Core board. It allows a deeper understanding of electronics, design and mechanics

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What components have the kit?

The Zum Core controller board

2.USB connection. To connect and communicate with the computer, load code and communicate through the serial port.

3.Processor. This component is where all the code and operation of the board is managed.

5.On/Off. By means of this switch you can turn on or off the board; when we have it plugged to the USB some of the functionalities will remain on even if this switch is in the off position, this way you can continue programming it without your invention starting up by itself.

6.Power pins. These pins are designed to power the components that we connect to the board. As you can see, they have 3,3 and 5 volts output, a pin for ground (ground or GND) and another for an input voltage.

Actuators available in the kit:

Continuous rotation servomotor

Miniservo

Led

Buzzer

Sensors available in the kit:

Button

IR Sensor

LDR Sensor

Potentiometer

Sensors available in the kit:

Ultrasound Sensor

Keypad

Joystick

Exercises

0.7_ ROBOT HAND

0.4_ STATES MACHINE

0.1_ LED + BUTTON

0.5_ STATES MACHINE WHIT FUNCTIONS

0.8_ BUZZER + ULTRASOUND

0.2_ LED + LIGHT SENSOR

0.3_ LED + BUTTON + LIGHT SENSOR

0.9_ POTENTIOMETER + BIG SERVO

0.6_ TRAFFIC LIGHTS

Exercice 1:

In this exercice we connect to the poard one led and one button, we want te led on when the button is press. So we put a variable if the button pressed is true put led on. If this is not true the led is off

Exercise 2:

In this second exercise we use a led and a light sensor, using the variable of if we put that ife the light sensor is younger that 200 put on the led, if not turn of the led.

Exercise 3:

In the third exercise, we use one led, one button and one light sensor. We use in the block of control the section of advanced, the variable if ... and ... If we push the button is true and the light sensor is younger than 200, put led on, if not put led off.

Exercise 4:

In this exercise I have learnt how to create variables on my own. And putting differents stages whit leds

Exercise 5:

In this exercise I have learnt how to use functions in order to simplify the programming. Doing the variable state equal one number.

Exercise 6:

In this exercise I had to do a working traffic light. When the light is green the barrier is down and the red light of. Then the light starts blinking and finally the red light turns and the barrier goes up

Exercise 7:

In this exercise if the button is pressed the buzzer makes a noise and the servo moves to the 100 degree position. When the button is not pressed the hand doesent perform any action

Exercise 8:

In this exercise we use a buzzer and a ultrasound sensor, so we use a variable that if the ultrasound detects something closer than 10 cm. Then the buzzer is going to make sound.

Exercise 9:

In the exercise 9, we use a potentiometer and a continuous servo. So depending if the potentiometer is lowertaht 330, is higher than 660 or is between this to numbers, the servo is going to rotate to one side, and other or stop.

CONTINUOUS ROTATION SERVO

A continuous rotation servo is a motor whose electronic circuit allows us to control the direction of rotation as well as its speed. Unlike the mini-servo, it does not stop in one position, but rotates continuously.

IR SENSOR

The infrared or IR sensor is a device that emits an infrared light and detects the amount of infrared light reflected. In this way it is able to differentiate between black and white or to measure distances in some cases. The infrared sensor we are going to use is digital and returns a 1 when it detects a lot of light (or detects white) and a 0 when it does not detect light (or detects black)

KEYPAD

The button panel is nothing more than a set of buttons or buttons; It is an analogue sensor that transmits an analogue signal (between 0 and 1023) that will be interpreted by the board to know which button has been pressed. It might look like a digital sensor, since it has pushbuttons (which have been defined as digital), but it works with an analogue signal because otherwise it would be impossible to determine which button has been pressed if the board receives only a '1' or a '0'.

BUZZER

Buzzer is a component capable of producing sounds at different frequencies. They are used in a multitude of systems to produce signals or warnings, such as alarm clocks, doorbells, appliance timers

MINISERVO

A servo motor is a small motor that is capable of rotating between 0 and 180 degrees, so it cannot make complete turns, although the interesting thing about servo motors is that we decide what position or angle they should move

LED

An LED (light-emitting diode) is a component capable of emitting light; More specifically, it is a diode, a component that only lets electricity pass in one direction and blocks it in the other. In the case of LEDs, when electricity circulates, they emit light.

JOYSTICK

The joystick is a control device with two axes in our case; It is actually the combination of three sensors in the same component, with two analog sensors to control horizontal and vertical positions, and a digital one that acts as a pushbutton. To control the horizontal (x-axis) and vertical (y-axis) position, it has two potentiometers, one for each direction, which will give us values between 0 and 1023. The button, being digital, can only give the values '0' and '1'.

Zum Kit

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This electronic kit is used to create new mechanicals designs, whit the aim that young people develop their skills using this kit, for example. This kit have more than ten pieces with which to experiment, such as various lights and distance sensors, as well as an infrared, light and ultrasound sensor.

ULTRASOUND SENSOR

An ultrasonic sensor is a component capable of measuring distances. It uses high-frequency waves and measures the time it takes for the wave to return to measure the distance to an object. This type of sensor has two parts, one is the emitter that emits the signal and the other is the receiver that receives the signal if it bounces off a nearby obstacle.

BUTTON

A button is a digital sensor that activates when pressed (1 or true) and when you stop pressing it deactivates (0 or false).

POTENTIOMETER

A potentiometer is a variable electrical resistance, a component that allows the intensity of the electric current in a circuit to be regulated.

LDR SENSOR

The light sensor, also known as LDR or photoresistor, is an analog sensor that gives us a measure of light intensity. Like all analog sensors, it can give values between 0 and 1023, giving a 0 when completely dark and increasing the value as the light increases.