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#1 2011-08-29 12:24:29
- scottboyan
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- Registered: 2010-11-05
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Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control WeDo motors and read input from WeDo sensors?
I have looked through a lot of posts on the forums and the Scratch Team blog and the only answer to this question I saw was posted a while ago by another scratcher, so I was wondering if I could get a more definitive answer from the Scratch Team before I buy a WeDo USB hub and sensors for my kids.
Some follow-up questions:
Will WeDo support only work in the downloable stand-alone version of Scratch 2.0?
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control more than one motor?
Thanks for the information.
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#4 2012-01-31 10:33:08
- veggieman001
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Re: Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
Even if it doesn't, you could use 1.4 for that.
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#5 2012-01-31 15:43:21
Re: Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
scottboyan wrote:
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control WeDo motors and read input from WeDo sensors?
I have looked through a lot of posts on the forums and the Scratch Team blog and the only answer to this question I saw was posted a while ago by another scratcher, so I was wondering if I could get a more definitive answer from the Scratch Team before I buy a WeDo USB hub and sensors for my kids.
Some follow-up questions:
Will WeDo support only work in the downloable stand-alone version of Scratch 2.0?
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control more than one motor?
Thanks for the information.
Yep, 2.0 will work. You'll need to download and install a helper application though, but it should be easy. Should work for online and offline versions. As to more than one motor - not sure, but at this point I shouldn't promise it. 
Help Scratchers make the leap to 2.0!
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#6 2012-04-13 17:14:11
- Nathanator1416J
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- Registered: 2012-02-21
- Posts: 100+
Re: Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
Lightnin wrote:
scottboyan wrote:
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control WeDo motors and read input from WeDo sensors?
I have looked through a lot of posts on the forums and the Scratch Team blog and the only answer to this question I saw was posted a while ago by another scratcher, so I was wondering if I could get a more definitive answer from the Scratch Team before I buy a WeDo USB hub and sensors for my kids.
Some follow-up questions:
Will WeDo support only work in the downloable stand-alone version of Scratch 2.0?
Will Scratch 2.0 be able to control more than one motor?
Thanks for the information.Yep, 2.0 will work. You'll need to download and install a helper application though, but it should be easy. Should work for online and offline versions. As to more than one motor - not sure, but at this point I shouldn't promise it.
Could you make some blocks for lego rcx and nxt?
I know its a push, but it would be very usefull!
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#7 2012-05-13 14:41:53
Re: Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
jurk wrote:
I do not know but what is WeDo?
Lego WeDo
you may also be interested in Lego Mindstorms NXT which is for more advanced robots.
http://shop.lego.com/en-SE/LEGO-MINDSTORMS-NXT-2-0-8547?langid=1033&p=8547
for Scratch to work with this, you need the Enchanting mod
http://enchanting.robotclub.ab.ca/tiki-index.php
and you may wish to "vote up" the suggestion to include this in Scratch 2.0:
http://suggest.scratch.mit.edu/forums/60449-suggestions/suggestions/2226784-make-it-so-you-can-program-lego-mindstorms-robots-
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#8 2012-05-25 01:30:09
Re: Will WeDo work with Scratch 2.0?
For a more direct answer to the original question wether 2.0 will work with WeDo, I found this on the ScratchEd board:
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/discussions/scratch-20/remote-sensor-protocol
...where Scratch team member (?) John Maloney answers that:
"In the long term, I hope to have something similar to the remote sensor protocol. However, I can't promise that it will be available in the first release of Scratch 2.0 since there are some many other things that must be done."
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