The water pump is submerged in water, and moves water using one tube connected to the pump. It plugs into the pump port on the Forward Education breakout board.

This pump is included in Climate Action Kits 2024 & Older.

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Peristaltic Pump Side Angle

Does your water pump look like this? Check out the peristaltic water pump tutorial instead!

Handling & Care

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This type of pump cannot be left submerged for extended periods of time. Remember to remove the pump from water after you’re done with the project and dry it as best as possible with a paper towel.

Do not put the pump and water tubing away while they are wet; let them finish air drying before putting them back into the kit with the other components that are sensitive to water.

Breakout Board Connection

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Plug the pump into the 💧 pump port on the breakout board, with the red power wire on the positive (+) side of the pump port.

MakeCode Extension

Each time you use this component, you’ll need to add the extension to your MakeCode project.

MakeCode Extensions Drawer

Create a new MakeCode File, and select the Extensions drawer from the toolbar.

Add one of the extensions below:

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Using parts from more than one Forward Education Kit? Add this extension to your project instead!

Search for all-fwd-blocks by Forward Education, and add it to your project.

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Forward Education MakeCode extension for the Climate Action Kit

Search for fwd-edu by Forward Education, and add it to your project.

View Extension

Motors Blocks

Motors Drawer Makecode

From the toolbar, select the Motors drawer, and scroll to the Pump category.

The blocks within this category are used to control the motor output on the peristaltic pump.

Pump Is On

Boolean pump is on

A boolean block, which returns true or false based on the status of the pump.

  • True = Pump is on
  • False = Pump is off
Pump is On Code

Run Pump for Value (ms)

Run pump for 500 ms command

A command block, which turns on the pump for a specific length of time in milliseconds.

Click the “500” dropdown to select from the following options:

  • 100 ms
  • 200 ms
  • 500 ms
  • 1 second
  • 2 seconds
  • 5 seconds
Run Pump for Value (ms) Code

Turn Pump Off/On

Command turn pump off

A command block, which turns the pump on or off.

Click the toggle “OFF” to select “ON”.

Turn Pump Off/On Code

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