{"id":799,"date":"2013-10-24T18:24:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T02:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techykids.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2013-10-24T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T02:24:37","slug":"how-to-get-started-with-thymio-programming-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techykids.com\/staging\/3266\/archives\/799","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started with Thymio Programming Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Thymio Basic Tutorial: Lesson 1 (Large)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2GoUsgwOM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a great instructional video with the basics of programming the Thymio robot.<\/p>\n<p>Thymio Basic Tutorial<\/p>\n<p>0:14 How to Plug in Thymio to Program and Charge<br \/>\n1:00 Opening Aseba Studio and Connecting Thymio<br \/>\n1:30 The Visual Programming Language (VPL)<br \/>\n2:00 If-Then Statements with VPL<br \/>\n2:05 How to Program the Touch Sensors<br \/>\n2:40 How to Delete lines of Code<br \/>\n2:55 Programming the Motors<br \/>\n3:10 Proximity Sensors<br \/>\n3:40 Changing the LED Color of Thymio, RGB<br \/>\n4:40 Bottom Proximity Sensors<br \/>\n5:00 Making sounds<br \/>\n5:25 Tapped, Using the Accelerometer to Detect Tap Event<br \/>\n5:45 Sound Sensor, and The looping effect of why your sound may repeat.<br \/>\n6:39 The Best Way to use the Sound Sensor<br \/>\n6:50 Viewing the Code beneath the VPL<br \/>\n7:10 Compilation Success vs. Line Error: Redeclaration of Event<br \/>\n7:48 Save Early and Save Often: Saving your Program<br \/>\n8:10 Saving VPL Program<br \/>\n8:26 Load and Run &#8211; Playing your program on Thymio<br \/>\n8:40 The Stop Button &#8211; Stopping Thymio<br \/>\n8:57 One line at a time &#8211; Good form in Programming, Test often!<br \/>\n9:30 Keeping your program on Thymio &#8211; Write the Program inside Thymio<br \/>\n9:59 How NOT to Open a program you\u2019ve previously created<br \/>\n10:25 How to Open a program you\u2019ve previously created<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a great instructional video with the basics of programming the Thymio robot. 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