Modeling

Prepare model for hardware connection, add blocks to support hardware protocols

Blocks

Button	Detect button press on EV3 brick
Color Sensor	Detect colors, reflected light, or ambient light
Display	Display label and integer on EV3 Display
Encoder	Measure motor rotation in degrees
Gyro Sensor	Measure rate of rotation
Infrared Sensor	Detect the buttons pressed on a LEGO Remote Infrared beacon, measure the beacon proximity and heading, or measure the object proximity.
Motor	Control motor power and direction
Speaker	Play tone from EV3 speaker
Status Light	Control status light on EV3 brick
Touch Sensor	Output state of touch sensor
Ultrasonic Sensor	Measure distance from object in centimeters
TCP/IP Receive	Receive data over TCP/IP network from remote host
TCP/IP Send	Send data over TCP/IP network to another remote host
UDP Receive	Receive UDP packets from another UDP host on an Internet network
UDP Send	Send UDP packets to another UDP host on Internet network
Battery	Measures voltage of battery in EV3 brick
Timer	Measures elapsed time from timer in EV3 brick
NXT Touch Sensor	Reads state of NXT touch sensor
NXT Ultrasonic Sensor	Measures distance between NXT ultrasonic sensor and the nearest object
NXT Gyro Sensor	Measure rate of rotation of HiTechnic NXT gyro sensor
NXT Sound Sensor	Measures sound level from the NXT sound sensor
Pixy2 Vision Sensor	Represent connected CMUcam5 Pixy2 vision sensor and tracks object (color blob)
I2C Register Read	Master device reads data from the I2C slave device or I2C slave device register(s)

Topics

Model Configuration Parameters for the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Brick
Parameter and configuration options for creating and running applications on the LEGO^® MINDSTORMS^® EV3 brick.
Open Block Library for LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Hardware
Locate Simulink^® blocks for LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware.

Tutorials

Get Started

Getting Started with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Hardware
This example shows you how to use Simulink® Support Package for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 Hardware to run a Simulink® model on LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware.

I2C Register Read

Read Data from I2C Sensors
This workflow shows how to read data from I2C-based third-party sensors using the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware.

Featured Examples

Drive with PID Control

Simulate a simple closed-loop control algorithm in Simulink® and how to run it on LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 hardware.

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Line Tracking

Implement a line tracking algorithm for a two-wheeled robot built with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 hardware.

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Controlling LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Robot from Host Computer

Create a Simulink® model to communicate between the Host PC and the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 robot. The Simulink model running on the Host PC will exchange data with the EV3 brick and control the motion of the EV3 robot.

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Controlling LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Robot Using Raspberry Pi Sense HAT

Read the Accelerometer on Raspberry Pi® Sense HAT and use this data to control the movement of a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 robot.

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Communicating with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Hardware Using XCP-Based Simulation

Tune the parameters and monitor the signals of an algorithm running on the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 hardware using XCP-based simulation.

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Track Colored Objects Using Pixy2 Vision Sensor

Implement an object tracking system using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 hardware and a Pixy2 vision sensor.

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LEGO EV3 Object Tracking System Using Pixy2 Vision Sensor and PID Controller

Improve the efficiency of an object tracking system using a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller. The object tracking system has been built using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3™ hardware and Pixy2 vision sensor.

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