LED Matrix block not available for Orion/Starter/Ultimate

#1

Hi,

I am running mBlock v3.4.12 I have connected an LED Matrix to an Orion board (Starter / Ultimate) however I cannot see a LED Matrix board available in the Robots block palette.

Any reason why since the Orion and mCore are both based off the Arduino Uno?

On a side note, I see to keep loosing the bootloader, and I am constantly having to reset the bootloader with via an ISP programmer (using this technique described HERE

Is there anyway to hack mBlock to copy/paste the LED Matrix into the Orion palette?

regards
Michael

Starter Kit with LED matrix in MBlock 5
#3

I don’t think this is correct. My students use the LED matrix with an Orion board all the time. You just need to enable the correct extension and then it should work.

#4

Sorry, my mistake. With this extension:
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Orion can use Port 3 or 4 for the face plate:
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#5

I edited MeOrion.h and added the line…

#include “MeLEDMatrix.h”

regards
Michael

#6

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