Light Tower

Assembly Instructions

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ContentsStuduino Unit

Battery Box

×1
LED (red)

LED (green)Red

LED (blue)

Green

×1
BuzzerLightSensor

×1

×1

Basic Cube (white)

Basic Cube (clear)

×8
Half D (light blue)×4

LED (white)

Blue

×1
Light sensor

Buzzer

×1
White×1
Sound sensor

SoundSensor

×1
Touch sensor

×1
Half B (blue)

×1
Half C (light aqua)×3

×4

TouchSensor

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Sensor Connecting Cable(three-wire 15 cm)

USB Cable

×1×802

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Assembly Instruction Labels

×1
Shows the parts neededfor assembly. Indicatesthe number of partsneeded for assembly.

Indicates tips or warningwhen building a speciﬁc item.

Shows an image of thecompletely assembled item.

Indicates when the directionof a component must bechanged for assembly.

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Adding the Battery Box
×1×1
Connect the cable from the battery box
to the POWER section.

－ ＋POWER
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Assembling the Base×12×3

×1×1×2①Sensor Connecting Cable

Sensor sideSound Sensor

1.

Circuit board side

2.

Black

Gray

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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1.

2.
LightSensor

Gray

Black

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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Assembling the Touch Sensor
×3×1×1×1TouchSensor

Gray

Black

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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Assembling the Center×8×3×3×2×1×1×1×1×4

①
1.

Green
Gray

BlackMake sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

2.

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GrayBlackMake sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

WhiteGrayBlack

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!
Buzzer

Gray

Black

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Buzzer13

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Assembling the Top×6×1×2×3×1×1×1

①
Blue

Gray

Black

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

Make sure the LED isinserted correctly!

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Putting the Parts Together① Connect the cable from the touch sensor to A4.
Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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BlueWhiteA3A2

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

④ Connect the cable from the green LED to A1 and the cable from the red LED to A0.

GreenRed

A1A0

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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and the cable from the sound sensor to A7.

Lightsensor

Soundsensor

A7

A6

A5Buzzer

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

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Replacing the Batteries

①②③④

⑤

Use a screwdriver(Phillips #1) to open.

Insert batteries in thecorrect polarity.
Put the lid of the battery
box back in place.
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Completed Light Tower● Before operating your robot, check the Assembly Instructions again to conﬁrm
your robot has been assembled correctly.
Front

LeftBack

Right

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Operating Your Light Tower

Install the software from the URL below to setup
the Studuino Programming Environment.
★ Proceed to Step 1 when software installation is complete.

http://www.artec-kk.co.jp/studuino/① Connect the USB cable to the PC and the Studuino unit.

Refer to 1.3. About Studuino in the Studuino Programming Environment Manual for more details.

② Download the program ﬁle LightTower.ipd from the URL
below in the ArtecRobo section.

http://www.artec-kk.co.jp/artecrobo/③ Open the downloaded ﬁle.

④⑤

Transfer the program tothe Studuino unit by clicking
the Transfer button.

Remove the USB cable from the Studuino unit.

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Operating Your Light Tower① The LEDs will shine for ﬁve seconds in response to sound.
They will also shine if your room becomes dark.

② Making contact with the touch sensor will make the LEDs shine and the buzzer
will play a sound.

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Sensor Calibration
Some sensors may not function properly after you run the program for the ﬁrst time.
If the sensors are malfunctioning, calibrate the sensor settings.

Click the Submenu 1 tab
to calibrate the sensors
and you will see a box toadjust the range settings.
Drag the mouse left or
right to adjust the range
settings.
Refer to the Sensor Condition Icon sections in 4.4. The Attribute Field of theStuduino Programming Environment Manual for more details.

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