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The plugin mechanism is currently used to provide support for sensors, the camera, RFID, and the Media, Extras, and Portfolio palettes. A plugin has been [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012715.html developed for WeDo] [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2012/01/wedo-plugin-for-turtle-art.html (and here)] and additional plugins are being developed for Arduino, NXT, and GoGo.
 
The plugin mechanism is currently used to provide support for sensors, the camera, RFID, and the Media, Extras, and Portfolio palettes. A plugin has been [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-March/012715.html developed for WeDo] [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2012/01/wedo-plugin-for-turtle-art.html (and here)] and additional plugins are being developed for Arduino, NXT, and GoGo.
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'''NOTE''': As of Version 193, it is necessary to use a set of refactored plugins. These will be posted to the wiki ASAP.
    
===How to install a plugin===
 
===How to install a plugin===
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* turtleart-sensors  
 
* turtleart-sensors  
 
* rfid (This plugin allows interfacing with a RFID reader)
 
* rfid (This plugin allows interfacing with a RFID reader)
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====Xevents====
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Xevents it's a plugin for make accesibility interfaces in an easy way.
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[[File:Xpalette1.png]]
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=====GIT code=====
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http://sourceforge.net/p/butia/code/ci/master/tree/turtlebots/xevents/
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=====Download=====
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http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/mediawiki/index.php/Archivo:Xevents.tar.gz
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=====Wiki=====
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http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Xevents
    
====Butia====
 
====Butia====
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Add a palette to control the Butiá robot
 
Add a palette to control the Butiá robot
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[[File:butia_palette.png|900px]]
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[[File:butia_palette.png|1050px]]
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And a extra palette to control the hacks pin of USB4Butiá board and special sensors:
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[[File:butia_palette_extra.png|1050px]]
    
Andrés Aguirre is part of the Butiá team in Montevideo:
 
Andrés Aguirre is part of the Butiá team in Montevideo:
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=====Download=====
 
=====Download=====
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/butia_plugin.tar.gz butia_plugin.tar.gz]
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/butia_plugin.tar.gz butia_plugin.tar.gz]
    
====FollowMe====
 
====FollowMe====
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This plugin uses the camera and get the position of an object of a color.
 
This plugin uses the camera and get the position of an object of a color.
 
The plugin add this palette:
 
The plugin add this palette:
[[File:turtleart-followme-palette2.png|800px]]
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[[File:turtleart-followme-palette2.png|1050px]]
    
=====Examples=====
 
=====Examples=====
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=====Download=====
 
=====Download=====
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/followme_plugin.tar.gz followme_plugin.tar.gz]
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/followme_plugin.tar.gz followme_plugin.tar.gz]
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====Pattern detection====
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Add a palette to enable pattern detection with the camera.
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[[File:PatternDetectionPalette.png]]
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Translation:
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* "Viendo Señal": Pattern in sight
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* "Distancia Señal" Pattern distance
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This palette adds blocks to detect ARToolkit patterns and the distance to them. This plugin is an ARToolkit wrapper, and comes with several traffic signals already configured.
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=====Examples=====
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Here are some samples and videos on how to use the palette blocks.
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[[File:PatternDetectionSampleStop.png | top]] {{#widget:YouTube|id=vF9ZhQYIwVg}}
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[[File:PatternDetectionSampleYield.png | top]] {{#widget:YouTube|id=vF9ZhQYIwVg}}
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[[File:PatternDetectionSampleWrongWay.png | top]] {{#widget:YouTube|id=vF9ZhQYIwVg}}
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/mediawiki/index.php/Butia_reconocimiento_marcas Pattern detection plugin] (in Spanish)
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=====GIT code=====
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Hosted with the Butiá source
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[http://sourceforge.net/p/butia/code/ci/dcc226276a565a54bbdf1807c30ff50aa648f70f/tree/turtle_art_plugin/pattern_detection/ Pattern Detection in SourceForge (part of Butia project)]
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=====Download=====
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[http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/pattern_detection.tar.gz pattern_detection.tar.gz]
    
====WeDo====
 
====WeDo====
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* [[File:Wedo_plugin_2.tar.gz]] Version 2, which supports multiple WeDo devices.
 
* [[File:Wedo_plugin_2.tar.gz]] Version 2, which supports multiple WeDo devices.
* [[File:Wedo_plugin.tar.gz]] Version 1
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* [http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/wedo_plugin.tar.gz /wedo_plugin.tar.gz]
    
'''Note:''' Check out https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev for instructions on how to setup the proper permissions talk to the device. In the new versions of Sugar the udev is included.
 
'''Note:''' Check out https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev for instructions on how to setup the proper permissions talk to the device. In the new versions of Sugar the udev is included.
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====LEGO NxT====
 
====LEGO NxT====
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[[File:turtleart-lego-nxt-palette.png|900px]]
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Motors palette:
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[[File:turtleart-lego-nxt-palette.png|1050px]]
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Sensors palette:
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[[File:turtleart-lego-nxt-palette-sensors.png|1050px]]
    
=====Examples=====
 
=====Examples=====
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=====Downloads=====
 
=====Downloads=====
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LEGO NxT Plugin [[File:nxt_plugin.tar.gz]]
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LEGO NxT Plugin [http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/nxt_plugin.tar.gz nxt_plugin.tar.gz]
    
====Expeyes====
 
====Expeyes====
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The Expeyes Plugin:
 
The Expeyes Plugin:
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[[File:eyes.tar.gz]]
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[https://github.com/walterbender/expeyes]
    
[[Image:Expeyes.png|300px]]
 
[[Image:Expeyes.png|300px]]
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====Arduino====
 
====Arduino====
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The Arduino is an inexpensive single board computer which can be controlled by Turtle Art and used for robotics experiments. The XO-4 touchscreen laptop comes with two unpopulated circuit boards, the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Stick XOstick] and the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOrduino XOrduino].
    
The Arduino Plugin:
 
The Arduino Plugin:
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[[File:turtleart-arduino-palette.png|800px]]
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[[File:turtleart-arduino-palette.png|1050px]]
    
There are several efforts to develop Turtle Art support for Arduino.
 
There are several efforts to develop Turtle Art support for Arduino.
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=====Downloads=====
 
=====Downloads=====
The plugin file can be downloaded from [[File:arduino.tar.gz]].
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The plugin file can be downloaded from [http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/files/plugins/arduino_plugin.tar.gz arduino_plugin.tar.gz].
    
====Currency====
 
====Currency====
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Use these blocks to create objects that are added to the bodylist and jointlist of a Box2d database used by the Physics Activity. Objects are positioned by the turtle x,y and colored based on the current pen attributes. From left to right:
 
Use these blocks to create objects that are added to the bodylist and jointlist of a Box2d database used by the Physics Activity. Objects are positioned by the turtle x,y and colored based on the current pen attributes. From left to right:
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* density: set the object density (0 is light; 1 is heavy)
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* friction: set the object friction (0 is slippery; 1 is sticky)
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* bounciness: set the object restitution (0 is rigid; 1 is bouncy)
 
* start polygon: use the current turtle x,y position to specify the first vertex of a polygon
 
* start polygon: use the current turtle x,y position to specify the first vertex of a polygon
 
* add point: use the current turtle x,y position to add a vertex to a polygon
 
* add point: use the current turtle x,y position to add a vertex to a polygon
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* rectangle: add a rectangle object at the current turtle x,y position
 
* rectangle: add a rectangle object at the current turtle x,y position
 
* gear: add a gear object at the current turtle x,y position with the number of teeth as the argument
 
* gear: add a gear object at the current turtle x,y position with the number of teeth as the argument
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* gear radius: returns the radius of a gear with the number of teeth as the argument (useful for positioning gears)
 
* motor: add a motor at the current turtle x,y position (attached to the object at this position)
 
* motor: add a motor at the current turtle x,y position (attached to the object at this position)
* pin: add a pin at the current turtle x,y position (attached to the object at this position)
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* pin: add a pin at the current turtle x,y position (attached to the object at this position) to prevent movement
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* pen: add a pen at the current turtle x,y position (attached to the object at this position) to trace motion
 
* joint: add a joint between the object at the current turtle x,y position and the object at x, y
 
* joint: add a joint between the object at the current turtle x,y position and the object at x, y
* density: set the object density (0 is light; 1 is heavy)
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* friction: set the object friction (0 is slippery; 1 is sticky)
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* bounciness: set the object restitution (0 is rigid; 1 is bouncy)
   
* save as Physics project: save the current bodylist and jointlist as a Physics project in the Journal
 
* save as Physics project: save the current bodylist and jointlist as a Physics project in the Journal
 
'''Note:''' The current model is cleared whenever the Erase button is pressed or a Clean block is run.
 
'''Note:''' The current model is cleared whenever the Erase button is pressed or a Clean block is run.
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[[File:TAGear.png|300px]]
 
[[File:TAGear.png|300px]]
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'''For Turtle Blocks versions 107 - 183'''
 
[[File:TAgear.ta]] [[File:Gear.physics]]
 
[[File:TAgear.ta]] [[File:Gear.physics]]
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'''For Turtle Blocks verisons 184 - '''
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[http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/physics-plugin.tar.gz]
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'''A chain'''
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[[File:Chain.png|300px]]
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Turtle Blocks project file: [http://people.sugarlabs.org/walter/chain.tb]
    
=====Downloads=====
 
=====Downloads=====
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[[File:Physics-plugin.tar.gz]] Physics plugin
 
[[File:Physics-plugin.tar.gz]] Physics plugin
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[http://github.com/walterbender/physics-plugin git repository]
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==== Logic ====
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This plugin provides logical bit operations in Turtle Art, such as AND, OR, XOR, NOT, logical shift left, logical shift right.
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[[File:Logic.png]]
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===== Example =====
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[[File:And.png|300px]]
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[[File:Lsl2.png|300px]]
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=====Downloads=====
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[[File:Logic.tar.gz]] Logic plugin
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==== Math ====
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The math plugin allows to use advanced mathematical functions in your program.
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[[File:Tb-math.png|800px]]
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===== Download =====
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http://people.sugarlabs.org/francis/tb-math-plugin/
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===== Source code =====
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https://github.com/sdanielf/turtleblocks-math
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==== Mashape ====
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This plugins enable the mashape palette (plugins using web APIs)<br>
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The mashape palette is easy to detect, its use a sugarized icon of original mashape icon. (A monkey ''':)''')<br>
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Also, this version include Translate plugin.<br>
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[[File:Tb-mashape-palette.png|800px]]<br><br>
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[[File:Tb-mashape-plugin.png|800px]]
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===== Download =====
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[[File:TA-Mashape.tar.gz]]
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===== Source code =====
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https://github.com/ignaciouy/mashape-plugin
    
=== GNOME plugins ===
 
=== GNOME plugins ===
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See http://proyectofedora.org/argentina/?p=320
 
See http://proyectofedora.org/argentina/?p=320
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(The above link is down. The cached version of the page can be found at [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Vab9UyzE61MJ:proyectofedora.org/argentina/%3Fp%3D320+&cd=1&hl=es&ct=clnk&gl=ar])
    
===How to write a plugin===
 
===How to write a plugin===