Module 8 - Section 1 - Ed Py: 8.1.2

Module 8 - Section 1 - Ed Py

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After the completion of this module the students will be able to:

describe the Edpy environment
use the setup functions of Edpy
create code to drive forward and backward the Edison robot using Edpy commands
create code to turn the Edison robot using Edpy commands

8.1.2 - Setup Code

Setup Code

All Edison programs must contain the Setup code that you see every time you open the EdPy App.

#-------------Setup---------------- import Ed Ed.EdisonVersion = Ed.V2 Ed.DistanceUnits = Ed.CM Ed.Tempo = Ed.TEMPO_MEDIUM #--------Your code below-----------

As you already learned lines starting with # are comments.

import Ed

The above code imports a library with commands that control edison robot.

Ed.DistanceUnits = Ed.CM

The above code sets the units to cm in driving commands

Ed.Tempo = Ed.TEMPO_MEDIUM

The above code sets the speed of playing music to normal speed.