Testbed Programming Instructions

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RobotC Intro - Part 1 - Getting Started

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yVuhOIvt6o4

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    Set up RobotC to use the VEX 2.0 Cortex using Natural Language PLTW
    Set the Compiler Target and Download the Firmware to your VEX Cortex


RobotC Intro - Part 2 - Motor and Sensor Setup

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/cbQIB2w1UBs

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    Open a PLTW Template and save it as VEX Tested Practice XX
    Use pseudocode to annotate your programs
    Set up the GTT Testbed Configuration and apply the motor and sensors 


RobotC Intro - Part 3 - Programming Motors

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/PPpqXp4fQ-8

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    Set up a motor with a start function, wait function and stop function for it to work

On your own, you are challenged to:
     Figure out how to turn on the right motor, left motor and claw motor (forward and reverse)


RobotC Intro - Part 4 - Naming Motors and Turns

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/bEUmfTC_VCA

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    Rename code in a program so you use the proper name instead of the port number
    Make your robot do a point turn and how to fix your robot from turning 

On your own, you are challenged to:
     Use the untilBump function to start your program
     also not mentioned in the video, use the untilBump function to stop your program


RobotC Intro - Part 5 - Potentiometer and Limit Switch (for summer camps we will skip the potentiometer - but the Limit Switch is very useful)

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/EHToqO9_oNE

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    The potentiometer works

On your own, you are challenged to:
    Use the untilPotentiometerLessThan function to turn left
    Use the untilPotentiometerGreaterThan function to turn right
    Use the untilTouch function along with the limit switch to make the robot go in reverse


RobotC Intro - Part 6 - Solution to Potentiometer (Again - for summer camps we will skip the potentiometer - but the Limit Switch is very useful)

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_RJRtavYHuo

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    What the solution to the potentiometer looks like

On your own, you are challenged to turn on an LED after the limit switch is touched


RobotC Intro - Part 7 - Line Tracker (for summer camps we will skip the line tracker - this is left here as a resource to others out there working with VEX and RobotC)

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/xdB6MYIAt7k

By the end of this video you should know how to:     
    That it is important to always compile the program and download it to the Cortex 
    That unless you tell the LED to turn off, it will stay on until the battery goes dead

On your own, you are challenged to add a line sensor to shut down the program


RobotC Intro - Part 8 - Last

To watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Z8rrWEZW7Wg