Circuit Cubes Gears Go! User manual

CUBESCUBES
Bring your toys to life with Circuit Cubes, the electronic
building blocks that add power, motion, and light to your
creations. Designed by STEM teachers, Circuit Cubes can
turn a light on, power a motor, or make wheels spin — plus,
they work with your LEGO® bricks.
CHARGINGCHARGING
Unplugged (top light)
• = ON
• + = short circuit
Plugged (side light)
• = charging
• = charge complete
BATTERY CUBEBATTERY CUBE
The standard battery Cube is the power for your circuit.
It has a positive and negative terminal. Just turn on the
switch to power your creation and it's rechargeable
too. If the LED on the top of your cube is flashing red
then you have caused a short circuit and power output
is disabled to allow you to troubleshoot the circuit.
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RGB LED CUBERGB LED CUBE
The Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LED has three different
LEDs in one bulb. Use the small switches to turn
on each of the different LEDs, and control the red,
green, and blue lights. Try mixing the colors together
to get different combinations for purple, teal, and
yellow lights.
MOTOR CUBEMOTOR CUBE
A perfect fit for your LEGO® gears and wheels, this
mighty little motor actually rotates at more than 1,000
RPM (rotations per minute), but the tiny gears attached
to the motor shaft reduce the rotations to about 100
RPM. This ensures maximum torque to turn the wheels
or gears of your projects.
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MAGNETICMAGNETIC
LET'SLET'S
CONNECTCONNECT
POLARITYPOLARITY
You won’t find +/- signs on the motor cube because direct
current (DC) motors, like this one, can accept current in
both directions. If you wire it up one way, it will rotate
in one direction. Flip your wires and it will spin in the
opposite direction.
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WIREWIRECONTACTCONTACT
COUNTER-CLOCKWISECOUNTER-CLOCKWISE
CLOCKWISECLOCKWISE
CLOCKWISECLOCKWISE
COUNTER-COUNTER-
CLOCKWISECLOCKWISE
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OFFOFF ONON
HELLOHELLO
CUBESCUBES
1Turn on Battery: Power all your projects!
2Battery & LED: Instant light!
3Battery & Motor: Get things revving!
4Battery & LED & Motor: Lights & action!
5Motor & LED & Wheel: Turn the wheel to
generate electricity!
6Battery & Motor & Wheel & Wires:
Your Circuit Cubes can take on anything!
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DUNEDUNE
A POWERFUL 4X4 SAND ROVERA POWERFUL 4X4 SAND ROVER
QUESTQUEST
A COMPACT EXPLORER TO LIGHTA COMPACT EXPLORER TO LIGHT
THE WAY ON YOUR ADVENTURETHE WAY ON YOUR ADVENTURE
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GATORGATOR
SUPER TANK WITHSUPER TANK WITH
GRIPPY TREADS + PROPELLERGRIPPY TREADS + PROPELLER
BLURBLUR
A GEARED-UP JET DRAGSTER,A GEARED-UP JET DRAGSTER,
BUILT FOR SPEEDBUILT FOR SPEED
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QUESTQUEST
A COMPACT EXPLORER TO LIGHT THE WAY ON YOUR ADVENTUREA COMPACT EXPLORER TO LIGHT THE WAY ON YOUR ADVENTURE
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1x4 Brick (Dark Grey)
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1x4 Brick (Dark Grey)
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9M Axle (LightGrey)
Bushing (Dark Grey)
1:1 SCALE1:1 SCALE
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4x4x
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5M Endstop (LightGrey)
1:1 SCALE1:1 SCALE
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