Hello,
I want to start with the arduino development and I am looking for a good starter kit. I have seen the “mbot” and the “starter robot kit” by makeblock and they both looks wonderfull. Nevertheles I have aquestion I would like to clarify before to go on with them: If I buy one on these kits, are they compatible with others arduino sensors not developed by makeblock? I mean, If i wnat to expand or modify this makeblock kits, do I have to buy sensors from makeblock or I can use generic arduino sensors?
Regards,
Hi,
Since the mBot is an Arduino-based platform, you should have no issues using different (non-Makeblock) sensors. the only difficulties you may encounter are:
]Custom / third party / non-Makeblock sensors will most likely not have the typical connector use by Makeblock./:m]
]You may not have any official Makeblock example code for it and may have to create your own (or adapt some existing code)./:m]
Other than those two potential problems (easily fixed), you should be able to use any of our sensors that are Arduino compatible, provided you have enough free ports to use them!
Sincerely,
