Resources — microbit

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...