Command reference for mblock scratch

#1

Does anyone know if there is a command reference or block reference document for the mBlock? I just can’t find anything close- just a few examples here and there? Particularly I need info on the “Communication” blocks and how they are used- I presume its IR Tx/Rx? I have looked at everything at http://learn.makeblock.cc/ and can’t find anything close on robot to robot communication- I can figure out how to use the IR remote myself but specifically I want examples and explanations of robot to robot communication.

Is there a command/block reference for mBlock. For example how do I use the “read line” block- am I meant to guess and use trial and error?

#2

OK don’t worry about info on the Communication blocks in mblock as I’ve just figured it out by dragging the blocks and watching the arduino code- thats fine if you already know arduino but how are primary school kids who don’t know arduino supposed to figure this out themselves without a command reference and example use for every block? I would’ve thought this was a given for an “educational” package designed to teach coding?

Makeblock is marketed as an educational package- kids should be able to right click on any block in mBlock and get a command reference and an example- surely that can’t that difficult? Up in the help menu there should be a command reference- are kids seriously meant to ask in the forum if they don’t know how to use “read line” command?

I teach kids how to solve their own problems by utilising appropriate learning resources such as a command reference etc- not by asking “experts” or other adults- that should only be done as a complete last resort. Surely any modern educator knows this?

#3

Hey there well looking at the Arduino I DE is not necessary at all to even program the robot. Kids can simply used the Scratch blocks to program and if some are curious as to how the code might actually “look” they can look at the Arduino IDE anytime they want. (There is an option to hide or show the Arduino IDE)

As far as having a list of commands the scratch blocks are about as straight forward as commands can get. Each section like motion, control, sensing etc has it’s own section.

As for the kids I’m sure they are smart enough to figure out how the code works !

#4