Resources — micro:bit

Kitronik micro:bit Traffic Light Tutorials

March 19, 2019 • BBC • Coding • kitronik • LEDs • micro:bit • micro:bit accessories • microbit • traffic light

Our friends at Kitronik have made three great tutorials on programming the Kitronik STOP:bit Traffic Light, with your BBC micro:bit. These tutorials are designed for students that are comfortable with drag and drop coding, using MakeCode in the browser.

Connecting I2C Devices to the BBC micro:bit

September 18, 2017 • APDS-9960 • BBC micro:bit • DFRobot • I2C • micro:bit • microbit • MicroPython • Python • Sensors

The BBC micro:bit supports the I²C bus protocol, for communicating with other devices, like sensors. In this post, I've used MicroPython to demonstrate, but the principles can easily be translated to lower and higher level languages.

Adding the Kitronik Packages to the micro:bit PXT Editor

August 12, 2017 • kitronik • micro:bit • PXT • tutorials

The BBC micro:bit is a low-cost and accessible way to introduce kids with drag and drop coding experience to integrating with hardware, eg robots and sensors, and start to solve more practical problems. If you've never heard of the micro:bit, check out our quick and simple explanation of the BBC micro:bit. The BBC micro:bit PXT programming interface comes with a capable collection of blocks for coding with - these also allow access to send and receive data with accessories that can be attached to the micro:bit. This tutorial will show how to install extra blocks, in this case for the...