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content/start/assembly.md

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1. Congratulations! Your rover is now assembled!
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![Your rover is now assembled]( "Assembled rover UPDATE ME")
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![Your rover is now assembled](/images/start/30_AssembledRover.jpg "Assembled Rover")

content/start/battery.md

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Your Rover runs on a battery just like one that you'd use to charge your phone.
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Pull the battery and its USB cable out of its packaging.
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1. Place the battery on the chassis near the front of the rover.
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![Place the battery on the chassis near the front]("Battery location UPDATE ME maybe just crop?")
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1. Use the fuzzy pipe cleaners to hold the battery in place. Twist the pipe cleaners tight until the battery doesn't slide out when tipped sideways.
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![Use the fuzzy pipe cleaners to hold the battery in place on the chassis]( "Battery attached with pipe cleaners UPDATE ME")
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1. Use the fuzzy pipe cleaners to hold the battery in place. Twist the pipe cleaners tight until the battery doesn't slide out when tipped sideways. Try to make sure the battery doesn't rub on the wheels.
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1. Take the USB cable and connect the large end to the battery. The small (micro USB) end will connect to the Raspberry Pi later.
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![View of battery from the side](/images/start/BatteryChassisSide.jpg "View of the battery from the side")
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1. Route the power cable from the power bank under the cover and plug into the top of the Raspberry Pi.
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![Route the power cable under the cover along with the other cables]("Power cable routing UPDATE ME")
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![View of battery from the top](/images/start/BatteryChassisTop.jpg "View of the battery from the top")

content/start/boot_trouble.md

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title: "Booting Trouble"
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date: 2019-10-22T18:06:12-05:00
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weight: 250
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If five minutes goes by and the lights on your Rover never turn blue, that means the Rover was not able to connect to your WiFi.
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Try going back to [the credentials step](/start/credentials) and downloading the `.env` file again.
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If you've got the blue lights, continue on to the next step!
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content/start/booting_up.md

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title: "Booting Up"
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date: 2019-10-22T18:06:12-05:00
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After you connect the USB cable to the battery, your Rover is booting up!
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1. When you first connect the USB cable, the LED lights will turn on. They will be random colors: sometimes white, sometimes blue or red. Sometimes they will be the same color, other times not.
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1. ***After about 4 minutes***, the lights will click off for a moment, then come back on shining blue. It takes 4 minutes because the Rover checks for updates; other times it will only take 1 minute.
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1. If the lights turn blue, you know that the Rover has booted up and connected to the WiFi. That's good! If the lights do not turn blue, check out the next page for debugging ideas.
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Just for fun, put your ear down by the ultrasonic sensors.
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Hear the clicking?
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content/start/commissioning.md

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content/start/connecting_power.md

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Now it's finally time connect power to your Rover!
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1. Make sure your Rover is powered off the rover by unplugging it from the battery.
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1. Insert your thumbdrive into any of your Rover's USB ports.
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![Insert the thumb drive containing .env file into the rover](/images/start/31_ThumbDrive.jpg "Thumb drive in rover")
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1. Power on your Rover by connecting the large end of the USB cable to the battery and the small (micro-USB) end to the Raspberry Pi's micro-USB port (look on the top)
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![Connect the USB cable to power on the Rover](/images/start/ConnectBattery.jpg "Connect the battery")

content/start/credentials.md

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title: "Download Credentials"
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1. Click **Download Credentials** to move ahead.
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Now that we've registered your Rover online, we need to download a file onto your thumbdrive to tell the Rover about its identity and how to get on your WiFi.
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1. Click **Download Credentials**.
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![Download Credentials](/images/register/DownloadRoverSettings.png "Download credentials")
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1. Enter your local Wi-Fi credential so it will be loaded onto your rover. Then click **Download**.
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![Enter Wi-Fi Credentials](/images/register/WiFiCredentials.png "Wi-Fi credentials")
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1. The credentials will download to a `rovercode_*.env` file. Copy this file to your Rovercode thumb drive.
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![The .env file should be in your Downloads directory](/images/register/EnvFileDownloaded.png "Downloaded .env file")
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content/start/leds.md

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1. Use the tiny, black nylon screws and the #0 Phillips bit in the screw driver to attach the LEDs to the rover.
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![Use the tiny, black nylon screws to attach the LEDs](/images/start/13_LedScrews.jpg "LED screws")
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Next, we'll attach the RGB LEDs to the Rover.
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"RGB" stands for "Red, Green, Blue".
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These LEDs are lights that the Rover can set to any color.
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1. Attach the first LED to the standoffs using 2 black screws. There is a third mounting hole, but no screw goes in there or it would block the cable.
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1. Find your two RGB LEDs in your box. They are still in their plastic packaging.
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1. Connect the Grove cable labeled `LED` to the first LED's input.
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1. Connect the Grove cable labeled `LED` to the first LED's connected marked `In`. Then, take the short cable that came in the LED's packaing, and connect it to the connector marked `Out`.
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![Connect the cables to the first LED](/images/start/FirstLED.jpg "First LED")
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1. Take the two small screws out of their standoff posts. Then, attach the first LED to the standoffs the screws. (There is a third mounting hole, but no screw goes in there or it would block the cable).
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![Attach the first LED to the rover](/images/start/FirstLEDAttached.jpg "First LED attached")
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1. Connect your second LED's `In` connector to the shorter cable coming from the first LED.
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![Attach the second LED's cable](/images/start/SecondLED.jpg "Second LED")
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1. Screw the second LED to the chassis just like you did the first one.
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Now let's write your first code!
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1. Find a number in your Vanguard Dance code, and change it. If it's `100`, maybe try making it `50`. If it's `20`, maybe try making it `90`.
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1. Can you guess how this will change how the Rover moves?
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1. Press the "Play" arrow again. Can you tell what effect your change had?
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1. Right-click on a block near where you made your change, and choose **Add Comment**. Write a note about what change you made, and what it did to how the Rover moves.
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Did any of your friends' changes make their Rover do something really cool?
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Go back to the **Programs** tab, and search for a "Vanguard Dance" with their username.
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You can remix it and run it on your Rover!

content/start/motors.md

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The first things we will assemble are the motors.
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1. Use the metal screws and nuts on the motors to attach to the chassis. Also use the #1 Phillips bit in the screw driver.
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1. Look toward the skinny part of the Rover chassis for metal screws and nuts. These are for attaching the motor. Also, pull out your screwdriver, unscrew the cap, and find the #1 Phillips bit in the screw driver.
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![Use the metal screws and nuts for the motor](/images/start/02_MotorMountScrews.jpg "Motor mount screws")
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![Attach the first motor with the screws and nuts](/images/start/FirstMotorAttached.jpg)
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![Attach the second motor with the screws and nuts](/images/start/SecondMotorAttached.jpg)
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![Attach the wheels with the tread arrows pointing forwards](/images/start/WheelTread.jpg)

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