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The City School 2020-2021

Let’s Review

1. Edison is a programmable robot. It is suited to learning basic concepts and complex

processes as it supports Block based & Python programming.
2. Edison robot is LEGO brick compatible on four of its sides, has a removable skid and
two removable wheels and includes a range of built-in sensors.

3. Record button 1 press = download program 3 presses = scan barcode Stop button 1

press = stop program Play button 1 press = run program
4. Edison’s line tracking sensor is made up of two parts: a red LED light and a light
sensor.

5. EdScratch is a vertical block-based visual programming language based on

Scratch.
6. EdScratch environment has four areas; block pallet, programming area, menu bar
and bug box.

7. Drive category are all related to the Edison robot’s motor outputs.

8. LEDs category are all related to the Edison robot’s LED outputs.
9. Sound category are all related to the Edison robot’s audio outputs.
10. Control category are all programming control structures which can be used to

affect the flow of an EdScratch program.

11. Sensing category are all related to the Edison robot’s various sensors.

My Notes!

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