Jacdac

MicroCode will detect Jacdac modules and automatically display tiles for some of them. Tiles are available for all modules in Kittenbot Jacdac Kit A, as as well as the Forward Education Climate Kit. Many of the modules in Kittenbot Jacdac Kit B also are supported.

Programming tiles for Jacdac modules appear in the user interface when the modules are connected to the shield. The Jacdac tiles have a small yellow square in the lower-right corner.

WHEN modules

Sensors

• magnet sensor detects the presence of a magnet (levels 1 - 5, where 1 means no magnet present and 5 means strong presence of magnetic field)
• light sensor measures the amount of light (levels 1 - 5, where 1 means little light present and 5 means a lot of light present)
• measures the amount of moisture (levels 1 - 5, where 1 means very dry and 5 means very wet)
• distance sensor measures the distance to an object (levels 1 - 5, where 1 means very close and 5 means far away)
• line sensor detects whether the surface under the sensor is dark or light

User inputs

• slider measures the position of a physical slider (1-5, where 1 is minimum position and 5 is maximum position)
• dial has two associated events: turn left and turn right
• key is available in the press/release event.

DO modules

• LED set a color animation on a programmable LED strip
• relay controls a relay switch (turning it on or off)
• servo power controls the power to a servo motor (turning it on or off)
• set servo angle controls the orientation of a servo motor arm. The servo arm orientation is mapped to the wall clock hours: 0 (or 12) is on rotated 90 degree from the resting position to the left, 6 is rotated 90 degree right from the rest position. This operation depends on the servo being powered on.

Jacdac samples

See the following programs for examples of how to use Jacdac modules with MicroCode.