Chapter 17. data logging

In this chapter, I’ll show you how to use EV3 features that you’ve already learned about to log motor and sensor data in files, making your EV3 a data logger. Data logging is the process of acquiring and recording data.

First, we’ll experiment to determine what the Motor Rotation block’s Current Power reading really means. Then, we’ll examine how the Move Steering block’s Steering parameter behaves. We’ll wrap up with an experiment to test the reliability of the LightPointer program from Chapter 11, which uses the Color Sensor to point the TriBot in the direction of a light source.

I’ll only use features common to both the EV3 Home and Education Editions, but the Education Edition has more ways to collect and present data ...

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