![]() Computers can't understand BASIC so a compiler translates the software you write in BASIC into machine code, or the 1s and 0s that computers can understand. Have you ever been to a foreign country and didn't know the language? You can hire a translator to translate what you say into the language that the locals can understand. Instead we use a higher level language like BASIC to write software. I have heard of some people who can do binary code, or machine language in their heads, but the rest of us normal people would have a difficult time writing a computer program out of nothing but 1s and 0s. Computers, on the other hand, understand only binary. What's a compiler? Have you seen those geeky T-shirts that say "there are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't?" If you find yourself scratching your head instead of laughing hysterically, then you don't understand binary. It was created way back in the 1960s as an easy to understand programming language to introduce students to computer programming. The software contains the flowcharting software, the editor that you can use to write BASIC programs and the compiler for the micro-controller.īASIC is an acronym that stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. The PICAXE Programming Editor is the software you will use to program the PICAXE micro-controller installed on the Snap Circuits 8 Pin Socket U14 block (the PICAXE chip carrier). Software CD from the Snap Circuits XP or Snap-Micro I kit (if you do not have either of these kits you can download the PICAXE Programming Editor from )ġ 8 Pin Socket U14 With PICAXE 08m Installed The following are the Snap Circuits parts you will need to build Dance Dance Roverbot (parts can be ordered separately from Elenco ® or C & S sales ): I've entered Dance Dance Roverbot in the Toy Challenge Contest so, If you like this Instructable, please vote for it: I designed Dance Dance Roverbot to be easy to build completely out of Snap Circuits parts and easy to program to inspire folks from 8 to 80 to get interested in robotics. I find this surprising since Elenco has developed the Snap Circuits Rover, which is a remote controlled rover and the Snap Circuits Micro that teaches you how program the PICAXE microcontroller and how to build circuits for the PICAXE, but Elenco has yet to develop a product that combines the PICAXE with the Snap Circuits Rover. Elenco does not currently have a Snap Circuits programmable robot product. To build Dance Dance Roverbot, I used parts from three different sets, the Snap Circuits Motion Detector, Snap Circuits Rover, and Snap Circuits Micro. Because the electronic symbol is printed on each electronic component, once the project is completed, it will look almost exactly like a printed electronic schematic. The illustrations for each project look almost exactly like what the components will look on the base grid when finished. ![]() ![]() There are several Snap Circuits kits that range from a few simple circuits to the largest kit that includes 750 electronic projects.Īll the kits include manuals printed in color with easy to follow diagrams to assemble the projects. The components also snap onto a 10 X 7 plastic base grid analogous to a solderless breadboard. ![]() They snap together with ordinary clothing snaps. Each component has the schematic symbol and a label printed on its plastic case that is color coded for easy identification. Snap Circuits is an educational toy that teaches electronics with solderless snap-together electronic components. Finally you will learn how to program and test Dance Dance Roverbot. You will then assemble Dance Dance Roverbot. Then you will learn about the various parts and electronic components used to build Dance Dance Roverbot. Next, you will learn what a simple PICAXE program looks like and what it does. First, you will learn how to install the PICAXE Programming Editor (the PICAXE is the microcontroller, or computer brain for your Dance Dance Roverbot). In this Instructable you will learn how to build a light activated dancing Snap Circuits programmable robot.
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