Ultimate kit 2.0 and mBlock

#1

Hi all,

I really want to start programming my own robots with the ultimate kit 2.0 and mBlock but I’m confused at the moment. Which board do i select in mBlock? Because I can’t see all the modules when i choose the ‘Arduino Mega 2560’ one. If i select the mBot as a board, I can only select port 1 - 4, but i work with 5 - 8.

Anyway, I can’t get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m happy with the product so far, the bluetooth connection with my macbook works, the app on iPad works but I really want to move forward.

Thanks for your time and help,

Q

#2

I think the first version of the Ultimate Robotics Kit used the Orion board. The current (2.0) version uses the MegaPi which is based on the Atmel 2560 microcontroller, which Arduino refers to as the “Mega” board. The mBot only has 4 ports, hence why you only see four available ports. Likewise, the MegaPi/Orion don’t support all of the same blocks as the mBot in the mBlock environment.

#3

Oh that’s not good. I want to use the kit for pupils to start programming and really want to use the scratch / mbot-blocks for this. Can you tell me how I can get the same functionality as with the mBot blocks? I guess this should be possible with the Arduino blocks right?

#4

Hi QHuizer,

Which mBlock version do you use?
The mBlock 3.3.2 has integrated the program block for MegaPi board. You need choose MegaPi under Board:

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#5

You sir, made my day! Was running 3.3.1, I installed the new version, updated the firmware and it works like a charm!

#6