Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit

Hacking Your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>EV3 without limits!</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Build 5 amazing robotics projects that take DIY to a whole new level!</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">You can do <I>way</I> more with your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit than anyone ever told you! In this full-color, step-by-step tutorial, top-maker and best-selling author John Baichtal shows you how to transcend Mindstorms’ limits as you build five cutting-edge robotics projects.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">You’ll discover just how much you can do with <I>only</I> the parts that came with your kit–and how much farther you can go with extremely low-cost add-ons like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. You’ll learn how to reprogram your Mindstorms Intelligent Brick to add additional hardware options and create more complex programs.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Hundreds of full-color, step-by-step photos teach you every step, every skill. Whenever you’re ready for advanced techniques, Baichtal explains them in plain English. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <BR>Here’s just <I>some</I> of what you’ll learn how to do:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Build a drawing Plotter Bot that gyrates to draw new patterns</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hack Mindstorms’ wires–and control robots <I>without</I> wires</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create a remote-controlled crane, and operate it from your smartphone</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Use the EV3 brick to control third-party electronic modules of all kinds</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Replace the EV3 brick with smarter, more flexible Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or BeagleBone Black hardware</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Build a robotic flower whose petals open and close based on time of day</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Use third-party sensors to build robots that can sense practically anything</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Load an alternate operating system onto your EV3 brick</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">3D print, laser, and mill your own perfect LEGO parts</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create ball contraptions, and extend them with your own custom parts</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Make a pole-climbing robot–and hook up an altimeter to track its height</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This book is not authorized or endorsed by the LEGO® Group.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Register Your Book at www.quepublishing.com/register and receive 35% off your next purchase.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>