Hot summer brings high temperatures. In Europe, we are okay at least with the number of digits, while those using Fahrenheit are now above 100. Fun aside, many of us wanted to show numbers outside the 0-9 range, and here came Anton displaying numbers between 0-99 on a SPIKE hub. I really loved his approach,Continue reading “Hot summer, large numbers on your SPIKE”
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Debug mode and Assert node in the web version
Following up on the Experiments with the SPIKE App Debug Mode post David had an excellent question on the web versions of the SPIKE app. After playing around with the web app I managed to enable the debug mode and as a hidden gem I have found a new debug mode node “Assert”. Steps toContinue reading “Debug mode and Assert node in the web version”
Bugfixing a frozen LEGO SPIKE Prime (.llsp) file
Recently a case of freezing / hanging LEGO SPIKE Prime file was shown to me by a coach heading to a competition with her kids the very next day (2.0.5, Win10). The problem The file could not be opened and the LEGO Spike App started with and error message. To dig deeper we do needContinue reading “Bugfixing a frozen LEGO SPIKE Prime (.llsp) file”
Bugfixing a frozen EV3Lab .ev3 file
Recently a case of freezing / hanging LEGO Mindstorms (EV3Lab) file was shown to me by a coach heading to a competition with her kids the very next day. The problem The file would not open and the EV3Lab app on the Windows laptop was just loading-loading-loading without ever opening the project. What could haveContinue reading “Bugfixing a frozen EV3Lab .ev3 file”
Experiments with the SPIKE App Debug Mode
A few months ago while doing several experiments I did a more thorough analysis of the SPIKE Prime app itself. Generally, I am more than interested in how other developers design software architecture and also have a few hobby projects in mind where knowing the bits and bolts is essential. This is how I learnedContinue reading “Experiments with the SPIKE App Debug Mode”
User Experience Design needed
I have reached a point with my pet project where it became clear that my user experience design skills are very limited. Based on an inspirational talk today I engaged in collecting all functionalities with the hope to collect use cases later on. Without further ado here is a current collection of functions behind theContinue reading “User Experience Design needed”
LEGO EV3GBasic language as and editor and an experiment
Following up the LEGO Digital Continuum one major gap seems to be the lack of text based programming option. Try my EV3GBasic beta editor here https://ev3treevis.azurewebsites.net/Editor.aspx == TL;DR == A text mode programming environment seems to be an inferior requirement if you are targeting 5-6-8-10-12 year old kids and non-programmers, however as of today moreContinue reading “LEGO EV3GBasic language as and editor and an experiment”
LEGO Digital Continuum and Learning System
We do need a versatile digital system to learn, play and bring kids from kindergarden to highschool level on brick digital education.
Let me tell you about my dream and invite you to join.
LEGO Digital Continuum and Learning System 