The Spike Prime does not have a display at all! It has a 5x5 matrix of LEDs that can change colors as needed. It also has some selection buttons, but I don't know how the robot drivers will select different programs.

In a lot of ways, I like the Spike Prime LED display better, primarily because the EV3 LCD display is so hard to read due to its small font size and just not having enough contrast to read in a strangely lit gym. The LEDs on the Spike Prime could be programmed to show all kinds of interesting things, like light up when the robot crosses the black line. It would help a lot with troubleshooting. You have 25 different options for visual feedback. I can think of a lot of uses for that.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 10:55 AM Jon and Christina Grantham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I second the thanks from Team HumanoidPrototypeDimensionForce.

Does anyone know if the next-generation robots (Spike Prime) will have a backlit display? As someone with fortysomething year old eyes, that was a problem over the course of the season, even in good light.

Jon Grantham

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:57 AM Srini Sam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello Friendship Collegiate DC team of volunteers and organizing team of Judges and Referees,

A BIG Thank you for the tremendous team of dedicated volunteers, Judges, Chief Refs at Friendship Collegiate Academy DC Nov 23 team.  I had volunteered as a Judge on Nov 9th tournament in USPTO, Alexandria. VA.so i know the value of volunteering. 

One suggestion. The gym where the Competition round of Robot Runs were conducted was not adequately lit / kind of dark. The cloudy day this saturday didn't help either. Due to this , during our last run  / round -3 [red/blue tables] , our technician was not able to see the program name in the EV3 brick on some occasions and hence couldn't run the program on time.  we didn't score points and hence lost on few other things......its very sad to see the disappointment on our team's faces and 5 months of hard-work.   

As a Robotics teacher , i understand that artificial lighting will affect the COLOR sensor readings and can dramatically affect the EV3 programs for simple beginner rookie teams using color sensor. 

I am not sure what could be done better to avoid this situation.

Kindly note this.

Congrats to every team that participated.

Thanks,
Srini.   

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