Reaction Game

MISSION MATERIALS

Computer with USB port and Chrome or Edge browser

Piper Make Base Station or Starter Kit

MISSION RESOURCES

Learning Goals

Students will build a head-to-head game of skill and code a script to select a winner based on who hits their button fastest when a light comes on.
Students will understand how random values can be assigned to a variable.
Students will play the game with a friend to test who has the fastest reflexes.

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Hardware Diagram

Tutorial Steps

Reaction Game

CHALLENGE MISSION TUTORIAL STEPS

Blueprint

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Troubleshooting Tips

Is the button press not registering?
- Look at the Digital View when you press the button while the code runs. If you see no change, push the button into the breadboard forcefully (but carefully) to make sure the leads connect with the rails on the breadboard.
- Look at the Digital View when you press the button while the code runs. If you see no change, push the button into the breadboard forcefully (but carefully) to make sure the leads connect with the rails on the breadboard.
What does “LOW when pulled UP” mean?
- This generally refers to pull-up or pull-down resistor circuits. In this case, this allows the signal to be rounded UP to the binary TRUE when the button is pushed, and the circuit is complete.

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EXPANDED RESOURCES

Term Glossary

Circuit A conductive path for the flow of current or electricity.

Power The current or flow of electric charge and voltage.

Microcontroller An integrated circuit containing a microprocessor with memory and associated circuits.

Variables A value that can change depending on conditions or information passed to the program. A storage location with a symbolic name used to keep track of a value that can change while a program is running (similar concept to using X and Y in an algebraic equation). Variables are not only numbers; they can also hold text, including whole sentences (strings) or logical values (true or false).

Input Device A hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing interaction and control.

Output Device A piece of hardware that converts information into a form humans can sense and understand.

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Standards Alignment

CSTA Framework Base Kit Standards Alignment
ISTE Framework Base Kit Standards Alignment

Resources

PIPER COMPUTER

PIPER MAKE

EDUCATOR PORTAL

ALL MAKE GUIDES

Base

Bonus Projects

Robotics

Gaming

Sensors

Motion

Energy

Design

Make-A-Thon

PIPER MAKE

EDUCATOR GUIDES

Base expedition

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