Build
Scream Machine
“I want a car that drives when I scream at it. With disco lights.” Built by three kids at the Atech office in one afternoon.
Everything in this build comes in the Big Kit: $159.
- 14-Port Motherboard×1
- USB-C×1
- DC Motor×4
- Microphone×1
- Light Grid×1
Smart Home · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth
What it does
- 1The light grid glows a soft blue while it waits. Yell or clap near the microphone and the car zooms off with flashing disco lights.
- 2Three kids built it at the Atech office in one afternoon. They already had a kit at home.
How to build it
- 1Slide the DC motor into port 1.
- 2Slide the DC motor into port 6.
- 3Slide the DC motor into port 9.
- 4Slide the DC motor into port 14.
- 5Slide the light grid into port 7.
- 6Slide the microphone into ports 3 and 4.
- 7Slide the USB-C into port 8 and plug the cable into your computer.
- 8Press Build this: the editor writes the code and uploads it. Or take the finished code below.
On the board
- 1DC MotorFront left wheel
- 6DC MotorRear left wheel
- 9DC MotorFront right wheel
- 14DC MotorRear right wheel
- 7Light GridSoft blue at rest, disco when it drives
- 3+4MicrophoneHears the scream
- 8USB-CPower and programming
