Disco Lights Bot

Disco Lights Bot

Fancy making a mini disco-light bot You’re in the right place!

What’s in it for you

Gear up to make your onboarded LED lights dance in yellow, green, blue, pink, white and red. You’ll start with timing them for a second each and then create forever loop for one long sequence.

Tools of the trade

The list of things you need is only three items long, really! Here it is:
  A laptop or computer
  GizmoBot hardware
  mBlock Version 3 software (ready for download here!)

At the end of the project

Once you’ve gone through the motions set out by the project taskmasters, you’ll have a set of LED lights flashing all your selected colors in a sequence. You’ll also have practiced how to:
  Increase the duration of each light flash
  Switch up the LED colours with other values

Sneak peeks at key steps

If you want to know what lies ahead on the Gizmobot path, here’s a little sneak peek for you :
  To turn the LEDs yellow, give the same intensity values to red and green
  Set the red LED’s pin values to 0 to change to the next color
  Snap all commands to the forever loop for a continuous run

If you like what you read, get ready to command!

Hints for programmers

Keep a repeat loop handy you’ll be able to use it to set both the right and left LEDs to your favorite color but at different times.

Stuck in a rut

If you’re stumbling over a step or two, don’t fret! Ask for help from a friendly project leader, or puzzle it out with your friends on the same course

See it in action

We’ve told you what the end product will be, and now we’ll show you, too! Here’s what your Gizmobot will look like in the end :

Want to brave a tougher challenge

If you’re confident you can take things a few notches higher, we’d love to see you do it. Experiment with colors and commands to see what you can make!