Here is a quick to build activity that allows for focus on coding - the VEX GO Car Park.
There are two motors, the Eye Sensor and the LED Bumper used on this activity. The motors are used to raise or lower the white barriers. The “in” barrier is controlled by the LED Bumper and the “Out” barrier is controlled by the Eye sensor.
You can also get the students to make some cars too!
Possible ideas for projects:
1 - Basic
- Press the bumper and the in barrier raises up for 3 seconds, and then closes.
- When the Eye Sensor detects an object (car), the out barrier raises up for 3 seconds and then closes again
2 - Advanced
The basic functionality is the same as above, but introduce some additional tasks:
- The LED Bumper could be red all the time, but turn green when the barrier is fully open, returning to red before it closes again.
- A variable to keep track of the number of cars in the car park. Display the number of cars to the Monitor in VEXcode GO.
- Add a maximum number of cars - once 10 cars are in, no more are admitted until some come out
- You could also add other messages to the Monitor is VEXcode GO like “Car Park Full”
