DFRobotShop Rover V2 - 2014 Scouts Canada - Robotics Guide Using DFRobotShop Rover

7 ROBOTICS ADVENTURE BOOK  SCOUTER MANUAL  STEM
Installing the Programming Software
(Arduino) and the Robot on the Computer
The robot kit comes with a laptop that has all the programs installed, but you can bring in more computers to
your meeting so that more Scouts can work on their programming simultaneously. To do this, you need to install
the programming software and the robot’s driver on the additional computers.
Install the “Arduino” compiler:
1. Open your browser to http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
2. Click the “Windows” link under “Download” “Arduino 1.0.5” and save the “zip” file.
3. When the download finishes, unzip the downloaded file. Make sure to preserve the folder structure.
Double-click the folder to open it. There should be a few files and sub-folders inside.
Install the graphical programming environment “ArduBlocks”:
4. Open your browser to http://blog.ardublock.com/engetting-started-ardublockzhardublock/ and follow the
instructions there to:
a. Download the ardublock-all.jar file.
b. Put it in the Documents\Arduino\tools\ArduBlockTool\tool\ or My Documents\Arduino\tools\
ArduBlockTool\tool\ (whichever matches your operating system) folder under your home directory.
At this point you can open the programming environment even if you don’t have the robot. If you want to do
that, skip to step 12. You can always come back to step 5 when you do have the robot.
Connect the Robot
The robots use a version of the Arduino Uno board. These boards automatically draw power from either the USB
connection to the computer or an external power supply.
5. Connect the robot to your computer using the USB cable. The green power LED (labelled PWR) should go on.