Ebotics Croc&Play User manual

PROJECT Nº 1: Play Bongo Congo
drums using drawings
Have fun playing Bongo Congo drums using a drawing with the Croc&Play board.
Note that all the Croc&Play projects can be made with any other conductive
material, such as fruits, metallic objects and moist clay.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Beginner.
DURATION OF THE EXERCISE: 30 min.
MATERIALS:
Croc & Play Kit
Pencils

Paper or cardboard
Tinfoil
Computer
STEPS:
Draw two buttons that will simulate the drums.1.
Use the alligator cables to connect each drawing to the following2.
board inputs: left arrow and space. It doesn’t matter the order you
connect them.
Make a tinfoil bracelet, put it on your wrist and connect it to3.
“Ground”. Make sure that the tinfoil bracelet is touching your
skin, this way you will always be “Grounding” the circuit and you
can play the drums with both hands.
Connect the Croc&Play board to the computer using the Mini USB4.
– USB.
PROGRAM:
Press the green flag of the image below, hold the handle with one hand, touch the
space button on Croc&Play board with the other to start the program, ¡let’s play!
Program made with Scratch, you can see how it is done or continue playing from
its website: Open “Bongo congo” in Scratch