Turn Motor On (block)

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Turn Motor On
Category	LEGO WeDo
Type	Stack
Introduced in	1.4

The Turn Motor On block is a LEGO WeDo block and a Stack block. The block activates a LEGO WeDo motor.

Prior to Scratch 2.0, this block was named Motor On.

Example Uses

Nothing can be done with LEGO WeDo if the motor cannot be simply turned on.

Some common uses for the Turn Motor On block:

• Making a vehicle move forever

when gf clicked
turn [motor v] on

• A fan that alternates whether it's on or off

when [space v] key pressed
turn [motor v] on
wait until <not<key [space v] pressed?>>
wait until <key [space v] pressed?>
turn [motor v] off
wait until <not<key [space v] pressed?>>

• Continuously moving motors

when [space v] key pressed
turn [motor v] on
wait until <not <key [space v] pressed?>>
turn [motor v] off

See Also

• Turn Motor Off
• Turn Motor On for () Secs