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Coding Rooms for LEGO® Hardware

LEGO® hardware web execution environment made by Tufts CEEO's Service Dock for use in Coding Rooms

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Use LEGO® products to teach programming online!

Supported on Google Chrome

Available hardware: SPIKE™ Prime

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Development

Testing

( Node js required )

1. Run npm install in local repository
2. Change index file directory in test.js to your local directory
3. Run npm test which will open Chromium browser
4. Connect LEGO hardware when prompted
5. Confirm all automated tests have passed in the index page

File navigation

index.html

Simulates the interaction between Coding Rooms and the iframe environment. Implementation of Coding Room's CCWebExecManager

iframe.html

The Service Dock iframe environment. Implementation of Coding Room's CCWebExecClient.

/modules/ServiceDock_SPIKE.js

LEGO SPIKE™ Prime TuftsCEEO Service (used only in the iframe). Other files in this folder have similar function.

Current protocol payload (JSON)

Parameters	Usage	Description
language	string	language of data sent ("MicroPython for LEGO" when customizing)
defaultFileName	string	name of the "file"
files	JSON object	keys: name of "file", values: string content of file
stdin	string

Javascript payload object sent by webExecManager on 'execute_code'

        var payload = {
          language: 'demo-lang',
          defaultFileName: fileName,
          files: files,
          stdin: ''
        };

Disclaimer

CodingRooms’ implementation of “MicroPython for LEGO® Hardware” created in collaboration with researchers at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO). To see other CEEO Innovation projects, visit CEEO Innovations

LEGO®, the LEGO® logo, the Brick, MINDSTORMS®, SPIKE™, and the Minifigure are trademarks of ©The LEGO® Group. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. CodingRooms isn’t affiliated, authorized, or endorsed by The LEGO Group.