CHAPTER
FIVE
PLAY WITH EZBLOCK
For beginners and novices, EzBlock is a software development platform offered by SunFounder for Raspberry Pi.
Ezbock offers two programming environments: a graphical environment and a Python environment.
It is available for almost all types of devices, including Mac, PC, and Android.
Here is a tutorial to help you complete EzBlock installation, download, and use.
5.1 Quick Guide on EzBlock
There are 2 parts here:
• Servo Adjust allows you to keep all the servos at 0 degrees to complete a proper and safe assembly (otherwise
you will probably damage the servos).
• Install and Configure EzBlock Studio will guide you to download EzBlock Studio to play with your robot.
5.1.1 Servo Adjust
The angle range of the servo is -90~90, but the angle set at the factory is random, maybe 0°, maybe 45°; if we assemble
it with such an angle directly, it will lead to a chaotic state after the robot runs the code, or worse, it will cause the
servo to block and burn out.
So here we need to set all the servo angles to 0° and then install them, so that the servo angle is in the middle, no
matter which direction to turn.
It is recommended that you follow the intructions on the APP to calibrate the picar-x after assembling it. The servo
angle will be tilted due to possible deviations during assembly or limitations of the servo itself, so you can get the
servo to a perfect state by calibrating it, usually the calibration angle is -5~5°.
But if the deviation angle is too big, you still have to go back to this section to set the servo angle to 0°, and then
follow the instructions to reassemble the car.
1. Firstly, Install EzBlock OS onto a Micro SD card, once the installation is complete, insert it into the Raspberry
Pi.
2. To ensure that the servo has been properly set to 0°, first insert the rocker arm into the servo shaft and then
gently rotate the rocker arm to a different angle.
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