Quick Guide TechnoLogica

Quick Help to TechnoLogica & TechnoLogica-Science software

Welcome to the quick guide to TechnoLogica software.
This guide summarizes the main things you need to know in order to work with TechnoLogica software.

The guide has three parts:
I. General concept and list of primitive commands.
II. General structure and how to use the software.
III. How to use TechnoLogica-Science.

For more information about using the software, refer to the User Guide provided with the software package.

I. General Concept
TechnoLogica is a control software designed to work with LEGO® Interface B. TechnoLogica is used to control models built from LEGO® bricks. In other words, you build LEGO® models using motors, lights, sensors etc., attach them to the interface box and use TechnoLogica to control the operation of the model.

TechnoLogica-Science is an expansion of TechnoLogica and it also allows data-logging, including graphics representation of the collected and analyzed data. The user builds models from LEGO® bricks and uses the computer to control the operation of the models, while viewing and collecting input data from the sensors. The representation and analyzes of data, helps the learner to better understand scientific and technology concepts.

TechnoLogica is designed to be a highly user friendly software and does not require any previous knowledge in computers or programming.

TechnoLogica is provided in three levels:
1) Level One is for new or novice users.
2) Level Two is for advance users. It expands level one to work with LEGO® sensors.
3) Level Three called TechnoLogica-Science is for scientific research usage.

In general, when you work with TechnoLogica you work on a project. A project is a set of procedures you design. A procedure is an organized set of primitive commands and other procedures. The primitive commands and the procedures are used to interact with the ports on the interface box thus, operating the LEGO® model.

All commands and procedures are actually buttons on the screen. To operate them you have to click them.

The principle of TechnoLogica software is that at any given time, there is only one output port (A to H) that the computer talks-to. This port is called the talk-to port. From now on, every command is addressed to this output port. If you want to change the talk-to port, click a new one.