LEGO Spike Prime for CoderDojo: Quick start

LEGO Spike Prime for CoderDojo: Quick start

Start by building your robot. 
The simplest robot is the Spike hub connected to two wheels and a caster
There are lots of ways to build a similar 2-wheeled bit, and the design shown here might not be the best for every task.
You may also need to adapt your code if you build a bot with larger motors or wheels.

Building a basic robot

Using the Spike hub

1. Connect your hub to your computer using the USB cable.
2. Open rpf.io/spike on your browser
3. Create a new "Word Blocks" project and then click on the yellow Hub in the top left.
4. Turn on the hub by holding down the button. Then , assuming the button is green, select that option on the screen

5. Select "connect with USB cable"

6. Select "Open"

7. Select your device in the smaller window that opens

8. Check that connection has been successful: the hub icon should now have a green tick, and any connected devices will be shown on the right.

9. There some additional motion blocks that may be useful. You can add them by clicking on the "Show block extensions" button in the bottom left of the main screen.

Then select "More movement"

10. Test everything is working

Select one of the purple "Light" blocks from the left and drag it under "When program starts". Then press the yellow Play button in the bottom right to run the code on the Hub.

Next: Moving your robot