August 2010
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
13h 21m
English
For your first program, use the Sound block to have the NXT say “Hello.” When you start the MINDSTORMS IDE, you’ll see an area that lets you create a new program or open an existing one. In the Create New Program box, enter Hello as the program name, and click the Go button, as shown in Figure 2-4. (This box is labeled Start new program in the original NXT retail kit and the education set.)

Figure 2-4. Creating a new program
A new Work Area will open. Follow these steps to add a Sound block to the new program:
Select the Sound block from the Common Palette, as shown here:
Drag the block onto the end of the Sequence Beam, which looks ...