Resources — microbit

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.

Makecode Coding Tutorials for the 4tronix Bit:Bot Robot

March 19, 2019 • bitbot • microbit • robotics • tutorials

These Bitbot makecode tutorials will take you through understanding and implementing the RGB LEDs and buzzer, obstacle avoidance with the ultrasonic sensor, following a light source, line-following, and variable-speed radio control by reading pitch and roll from another micro:bit.

Uploading micro:bit .hex files to makecode.microbit.org

January 05, 2019 • coding • hex file • makecode • microbit • microbit tips • microsoft • program • programming • pxt • upload

The editor itself does not have an upload option, but if you go to the bottom of the makecode page at https://makecode.microbit.org you'll find an Import button that will let you upload these .hex files from your computer or a URL

Revive old laptops and PCs - program electronics projects with Raspbian OS

April 22, 2018 • Adafruit • arduino • BBC micro:bit • BBC microbit • coding • makecode • microbit • MicroPython • mu editor • old laptop • raspberry pi • Raspbian • scratch

The Raspbian operating system, originally designed for the small Raspberry Pi computer, now has a version for laptops and PCs. Raspbian runs nicely on computers that are no longer deemed powerful enough to run the latest Windows or MacOS versions. Raspbian is great if you're setting up a kids' makerspace or school Code...

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. In this post, I've used MicroPython to demonstrate, but the principles can easily be translated to lower and higher level languages. Objectives: To the micro:bit's minimal I2C commands to interact with a device eg a sensor - so we can use other configurable sensors with the micro:bit, even when there's not already an appropriate MicroPython module available. Requirements: a logic analyser or bus pirate to observe communications (optional) basic understanding of MicroPython a BBC micro:bit Kitronik Edge Connector for the micro:bit electronic jumper leads sensor eg DFRobot SEN0187...