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HW 11: Start Individual Coding for Lab 5 and Use of Sensors/Debugging Tools

1. Review the class notes (recently updated) from Nov 25 to date

2. Carefully review the (revised) Powerpoint presentation (pdf) on sensors

3. Coordinate with your partner for Lab 5 - one person must do wall following, one person must do Braitenberg vehicles

4. Take home a Create and play/experiment with external sensors. Figure out how they work!

• be careful to wire them correctly
• use the photos and notes in the Powerpoint presentation (pdf) as a guide!
• remember the experiments you performed on the Create's internal sensors? You'll need to explore the ranges and conditions under which these sensors operate as well!
• I gave you links to explore for the Sharp Distance Sensor--use them!

5. Write a brief program that demonstrates

(a) your ability to use the sensors to control the Create

(b) your ability to incorporate debugging tools into your code

6. Now that you have a better idea of how these external sensors work...

• revise your draft flowchart from HW10 (review debugging tool #1)
• and start writing your code! (remember debugging rule #2!!)