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mCookie-LEGOShield

mCookie-LEGOShield（hereafter refered to as shield）is a plate compatible with Lego. At the same time compatible with Lego NXT interface and motor, it can continue to be stacked with mCookie modules, to make the Lego more smart.

Features

• 4 motor interfaces, compatible with Lego NXT motors;
• 4 common sensor interfaces, compatible with the button of NXT interface and sound sensors, and so on;
• 2 fully functional sensor interfaces, beside compatible with all sensors of common sensor interfaces, also compatible with the NXT ultrasonic sensors and color sensors;
• IIC interface protocol, and not take up other spare IO ports.

Specification

• Power supply：Use 2S model aircraft lithium battery to supply power, 7.4V.
• Master control：MCookie-LEGOShield adopts Atmega328p master control, and it can run driver independently.
• Communication：IIC communication, and the address is 0x08（can be customized）
• Interface：4 NXT motor interfaces, and 6 NXT sensor interfaces（only S1 and S2 support the ultrasonic sensors and color sensors among them）

• Note：
  • The bit of IIC slave address of shield is adjustable, and you need to rewrite the firmware.
• If you use shield to supply power, because the initialization of shield firmware needs a certain time, when mCookie writes the control program, you should run it after delayed for a while.

Documents

mcps17 A3906 Atmega328p

Development

Shield adopts IIC interface communication, and the address of IIC is defaulted to 0x08， which can read and write register address just like other chips. Explanation of API interface.pdf

• Driver package has been done for each sensor and motor, so you needn’t focus on the basic API any more.
• Directly use the methods in the library to operate, and the specific protocols have been realized in shield’s own master control.
• Before using various sensors and motors, you should set the type of the sensors and each interface connected or not.
• Only S1 and S2 support ultrasonic and color sensors.

Use Lego NXT Interface key

Common method：

Determine Whether to Press

Determine Whether to Release

Use Lego NXT Interface Motor

Common method：

Set a Fixed Speed

Range of speed：-255~255

#include <mCookieLEGO.h>
#include "Wire.h"

mCookieLEGO m;
void setup(){
	Wire.begin();
	m.configConnection(0xFFFF); //Set the connection of each interface.
}

void loop(){
	m.motor_setFixedDrive(mCookieLEGO::M1, 50);
	delay(1); // very important
 	m.motor_setFixedDrive(mCookieLEGO::M2, 50);
 	delay(1); // very important
 	m.motor_setFixedDrive(mCookieLEGO::M3, 50);
 	delay(1); // very important
	m.motor_setFixedDrive(mCookieLEGO::M4, 50);
	delay(2000);
}

Use Lego NXT Interface Ultrasonic

Common method：

Get the Current Distance

#include <mCookieLEGO.h>
#include "Wire.h"

mCookieLEGO m;
void setup(){
    Wire.begin();

    m.configSensorType(mCookieLEGO::S1, mCookieLEGO::SENSOR_ULTRA); // Set S1 as ultrasonic sensor.
    m.configConnection(0xFFFF);
}

uint8_t dis;

void loop(){
	dis = m.sensor_ultra_getDistance(mCookieLEGO::S1);
	Serial.print("dis: ");
	Serial.println(dis);
	delay(1000);
}

Application

Lego remote control car

Purchase

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History

Map storage

Video