Category Archives: Powered Up

LEGO WeDo orange blinking light

Posted on 23.Feb.2023 by Marek Lewandowski

The orange light means that the hub cannot keep its supply voltage up. There’s a step-up converter that makes 5V out of the battery voltage, the orange light is on if the 5V cannot be reached. This can be due … Continue reading →

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Programmierbares von LEGO

Posted on 21.Apr.2022 by Marek Lewandowski

Welche Sets von LEGO kann man stand heute zum Programmieren lernen nutzen?

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Fixing LEGO Railroad switches / points

Posted on 29.Dec.2020 by Marek Lewandowski

So you flip the LEGO switch on your LEGO Railroad system and… nothing happens. Or the switch moves half-way and stops. There is a post here: https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/11141/lego-track-switch-doesnt-close-properly describing what I was facing recently. I found a better solution than described … Continue reading →

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Lego PoweredUp bugs/missing features

Posted on 13.Dec.2020 by Marek Lewandowski

Lego Powered Up is a mixed bag of features. There are some great ideas and many not that great. I sometimes wonder, if the app gets any sort of testing before being released to the public. It gives me the … Continue reading →

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LEGO Powered Up Connector

Posted on 26.Sep.2020 by Marek Lewandowski

Recently (years, not decades) LEGO introduced a new family of motors, sensors and control system – it was and is a bit confusing, but whether you think of LEGO WeDo, Control+, Powered Up, Spike Prime or the new Mindstorms 51515 … Continue reading →

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