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Boards

A board is what the motors plug into. Today a micro:bit sits on it, runs our program and talks to the phone; LEGO's own hubs and BuWizz come next.

Which board drives which steering

SteeringElecFreaks WukongYahboom Building:bitLEGO Technic HubLEGO SPIKE Prime hubBuWizz 3.0 Pro
Trackstoday four Wukong tankstoday tank, caterpillar tripodnextnextnext
Steered wheelstoday steering carno drivernextnextnext
Mecanum wheelstoday mecanum racerno drivernextnextnext
Legstoday robot dog, walking robot, spider walker, crawlertoday hexapod robotnextnextnext

Today: micro:bit boards

ElecFreaks Wukong

  • 2 motor ports · M1 M2
  • 8 servo ports · S0–S7
  • 400 mAh built in
  • LEGO base

The board our Wonder and Wukong machines stand on. Programs: our MakeCode drivers, driven from the phone.

Source: ElecFreaks wiki

Yahboom Building:bit

  • 2 motor sockets
  • Battery pack apart

The board of Yahboom's Building:bit kits. Programs: the Building:bit tank's driver, for the tank, mini car, following car, caterpillar tripod and hexapod robot.

Source: Yahboom

Next: LEGO hubs and BuWizz

LEGO Technic Hub (88012)

  • 4 Powered Up ports
  • Tilt sensor
  • 6 × AA

Bluetooth; LEGO's Control+ and Powered Up apps drive it.

Source: lego.com

LEGO SPIKE Prime hub

  • 6 ports
  • 5×5 lights
  • Gyro
  • Rechargeable

Bluetooth; programmed in LEGO's SPIKE app.

Source: LEGO Education

BuWizz 3.0 Pro

  • 4 Powered Up ports
  • 2 Power Functions
  • Rechargeable

Bluetooth; driven from the BuWizz app.

Source: buwizz.com

Our phone joystick and MakeCode programs drive only the micro:bit boards for now.