Programming with Kittenblock: Onboard Sensors

here are multiple onboard sensors on Futureboard.

Onboard Sensors Blocks

Sample Program: Buttons

Pressing the buttons changes the color.

Sample Program: Temperature and Light sensors

The sensor values are shown on the screen.

Sample Program: Accelerometer and Gyroscope

Please refer to the following figure for the axis orientation.

The acceleration values are shown on the screen.

Sample Program: Gestures

The Futureboard can detect 8 gestures:

1. ‘shake’

2. ‘freefall’

3. ‘tilt_up’

4. ‘tilt_down’

5. ‘tilt_left’

6. ‘tilt_right’

7. ‘face_up’

8. ‘face_down’

Shake the FutureBoard for a sound.

Sample Program: Gesture Triggers

Shake the FutureBoard for a sound.

Note: Trigger Events only work when the program is uploaded onto the FutureBoard.

Sample Program: Gyroscope

Shows the roll and pitch of the FutureBoard.

Sample Program: Magnetic Sensor

The magnetic sensor has a range of ±800(μT)。

The magnetic strengths are shown on FutureBoard.

The magnetic sensor needs to be calibrated before use.

Sample Program: Compass

The compass returns a compass bearing, with 0 indicating North.

The compass bearing is shown.