Grove Zero Car Kit
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Grove Zero is a product series of programmable electronic building blocks that combine easy magnetic connections with graphical programming software to implement functional designs. Grove Zero is a great tool both for developing a child’s creativity and for teaching STEM concepts.
This product makes it easy for you to assemble a color line following car. The car is constructed with only 4 modules through snap-together magnetic connections; the color line follower, chassis, mainboard, and battery. The kit also comes with interesting game maps for kids who are aged 6 or older to develop their skills and knowledge in maths, problem-solving, and programming.
Default programs are uploaded in the modules (for more info, visit here). When your tracking car is assembled and are ready, the default programs will kick in. You can draw a track on a piece of paper with a black marker pen. Then, put the car on the track and it will drive along the track immediately. After calibrating the line follower, it can even drive along lines of other colors. Three paper maps are included in the kit. You can use both the maps and the User Guide to find the magic of the car. Then, you can go to Codecraft to write programs to implement the various possibilities of your car.
We recommend that you buy a Grove Zero Starter Kit which extends the possibilities in which the car interact with the external world through other sensors or modules so you could implement a remote control car, a sound-activated car and a light-sensing car.
Education Focus
- Color Line Following (Default Functionality)
- Black: tracking (default)
- Green: turn right
- Blue: turn left
- Red: stop
- Multiple Color Recognition: After you calibrate the color line follower, the car can react differently to the colors. Perhaps it can act like a bull when it sees red, going backward for one second, and forward for two seconds.
- Educational Course Materials: We provide free Car Kit-related courses for schools and families. You can get started with Car Kit no matter whether you are in class or home.
Features
- Easy-to-use and user-friendly
- Supports programming on a wide range of hardware and has various tutorials and projects for users
- Supports translation between block-based code and a text-based code
- multidirectional magnetic connections
- great variety of blocks to choose from
- color-coded by function
- plug and play
- graphical programming
- LEGO compatible
Technical Specifications
- Power Supply :micro USB cable
- Working Voltage: 5V
- Working Current: 1.5A (Max)
Project Examples
- Musical Car: Add a buzzer to the car. When the car recognizes a new color, it will play a differently pitched note.
- Sound-Activated Car: Replace the color line follower with a sound sensor. Your car will become a sound-activated car. The louder the sound, the faster the car drives.
- Obstacle Avoidance: Replace the color line follower with an ultrasonic sensor. Your car will know how to avoid all those barriers on the way.
- Remote Control Car: Take apart the color line follower. Add the twin-button, mainboard, and battery modules. Your car becomes a remote control car!
- Calculator: Add a 4 digit display module to the car, and it'll do your math calcs for you. You can use it to play all kinds of maths games on the map.
What's in the box?
- 1x Colour Line Follower
- 1x Chassis
- 1x Mainboard BLE
- 1x Battery
- 1x Micro USB (200mm)
- 1x User Guide
- 3x maps
- 4x Marker pens (black, red, blue, green)
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- $11+ for Express Post (typically 2+ business days, tracked)
- Pickup - Free! Only available to customers who live in the Newcastle region (must order online and only pickup after we email to notify you the order is ready). Orders placed after 2PM may not be ready until the following business day.
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International Orders - the following rates are for New Zealand and will vary for other countries:
- $12+ for Pack and Track (3+ days, tracked)
- $16+ for Express International (2-5 days, tracked)
If you order lots of gear, the postage amount will increase based on the weight of your order.
Our physical address (here's a PDF which includes other key business details):
Unit 18, 132 Garden Grove Parade
Adamstown
NSW, 2289
Australia
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