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Motion Sensing

In this lesson, students will learn about Motion sensor and how to deal with is using BrainPad Arcade

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Setup​

You will need any computer with a modern internet connection. Windows, Mac, and even Chromebook will work!

You will need some sensors from the BrainClip kit, And you need to finish the Edge Pads project.

Virtual Smart Door!​

When you go through a mall door, the door will automatically open, like when you enter an elevator.

How do these doors open? Let's create our "Virtual Smart Door", using Motion Sensor and BrainPad Arcade

First, let's draw a door in our Arcade screen, we will use two sprites, Door1 and Door2, and move it when the motion sensor detects a motion! we can use the “Change scale” to make it bigger.

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Now, we need to connect our Motion sensor to the Arcade.

Connect “GND” from the sensor to “GND” at the Arcade, and “VCC” from the sensor to the “3V” at the Arcade. Finally, choose a pin to control it, we connect “OUT” from the sensor to PIN0 at the Arcade

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Now, we will program the sensor, using “digital read” If the sensor reads a motion will give us “true” to open the door, or “false” to keep the door closed.

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Motion is not detected.

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Motion is detected.

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