Tutorials

Program your EV3 to Detect Loose or Faulty Cables – EV3 Navigation with Bendik Skarpnes

The last thing you want to happen during an FLL competition is to find out that one of your EV3 robot’s motors or sensors has come unplugged. This could spell disaster for an FLL robot. Thankfully, today’s tutorial teaches you how to make a program that will make sure this never happens. This MyBlock verifies the communication between the EV3 brick and its connected motors and sensors and sends an alert with the port number to help you quickly diagnose and fix the fault. This program was created and shared by Bendik Skarpnes from FLL Team Gosen.

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