Download Free EV3 Tutorial Kindle eBook
Course OutlineThis is a robotics course for absolute beginners, assuming absolutely no prior technical background. It will take you gently through the tutorials shown on this page.
This course is structured as a “hands-on” “Learning-by-Doing” course, with new programming ideas introduced only when they are immediately needed by the robot. There is an absolute minimum of “talking-head” videos.
You will need to have access to a LEGO MindStorms EV3 set. The course is suitable for both the LEGO EV3 Education and the LEGO EV3 Home sets. The course shows you how to download a free EV3-G Editor from LEGO. The LEGO Editor is suitable for both Windows and Apple computers, but does not work for Linux, most tablets and smart phones. However the course videos can be played back on these devices, so that you can have the video directions available on a tablet right alongside your LEGO set as you go through this course.
Why eBook?
When we started out in 2006, we only had to consider desktops, all of which had fairly similar screen sizes. Things have changed! Screen sizes now vary enormously, from the tiny screen on a watch, to huge monitors that can almost cover a wall. We had looked at eBooks earlier, but it is only recently that commonly available eBook readers could handle videos.
To see why we now like the idea of eBooks, click here.
There are a confusing amount of eBook standards currently in use. Arguably the most common eBook format used is the Kindle format promoted by Amazon.com, who provide free Kindle eBook readers for most computers and smartphones.
We tested our Kindle version of our EV3 tutorial on Windows and Apple devices, and found the Kindle readers on these work well, with the YouTube videos being able to be downloaded in to the computers. In e-Ink devices like the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Voyage, the links just act as a reference and must be typed in to a smartphone, tablet or computer to see the videos.
To download this Fun EV3 Robotics Kindle eBook (Edition 2), click here.
This tutorial Kindle eBook is also available in printable pdf format; click here.,
and in ePub format, click here.
To go to the "Introduction to the Web Version" of this course, click here:
