Amazing Micro:bit Projects and Resources

Amazing Micro:bit Projects and Resources

Click here to view the original link. Awesome Micro:bit A curated list of resources for the BBC micro:bit, a tiny programmable computer designed to make learning and teaching easy and fun! This embedded board has a Bluetooth capable microcontroller, USB interface, accelerometer, magnetometer, light and temperature sensors, 5×5 LED matrix, buttons, and accessible GPIO. Inspired … Read more

How to Use the 29 Yuan Micro:bit Kit – Downloading Programs via Mobile Bluetooth

How to Use the 29 Yuan Micro:bit Kit - Downloading Programs via Mobile Bluetooth

Follow us on WeChat public account “DLGG Maker DIY“ Set as “Starred“, delivering heavy content to you first. Continuing the topic of “How to Use the 29 Yuan Micro:bit Kit”. Last time I briefly summarized the hardware configuration and parameters in the kit (【Notes】How to Use the 29 Yuan Micro:bit Kit – Kit Hardware Introduction). … Read more

Connecting PS/2 Keyboard to BBC micro:bit for Enhanced Communication

Connecting PS/2 Keyboard to BBC micro:bit for Enhanced Communication

Translated from: http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2020/08/ps2-keyboard-microbit/ For many years, I have wanted to connect a regular computer keyboard to the BBC micro:bit to make radio messaging and encryption easier to use. I had seen and used something similar on Arduino, which used a complex C++ library to read data from a PS/2 keyboard, parsing each data bit. But … Read more

Three Exciting Python Easter Eggs in micro:bit

Three Exciting Python Easter Eggs in micro:bit

In many software applications, developers like to hide some easter eggs for users to discover, bringing some fun. Similarly, there are three hidden easter eggs in the micro:bit Python programs that are very interesting, and everyone can give them a try. First, we need to download a Python program to the micro:bit. You can use … Read more

Getting Started with Micro:bit and Swift Playgrounds

Getting Started with Micro:bit and Swift Playgrounds

The Micro:bit Foundation has released the Swift Playgrounds program for Micro:bit, allowing interaction via Bluetooth on iPads. This program helps you learn the basics of coding while enjoying the fun that Micro:bit brings! Instructions: Install the Swift Playgrounds app on your iPad. Requires iOS 11 or higher. Supports iPad Air, Air 2, 5th generation iPad, … Read more

Hands-on Tasks for micro:bit Practice

Hands-on Tasks for micro:bit Practice

Introduction This task sheet is part of the new course content for “2.4 Sensing and Control” and also serves as a prerequisite for the “Indoor Environment Real-time Monitoring System” project. It takes two class periods to allow students to experience the process of hardware programming with micro:bit through several simple practical tasks, aiming to help … Read more

Microbit Lesson 1: Displaying Patterns

Microbit Lesson 1: Displaying Patterns

Recently, microbit has become popular in the maker community. Special thanks to the team at Finger Tip New Space, who were the first to publish electronic textbooks on microbit and share them. They have also completed the setup of the domestic server for microbit, which has just finished registration. The website is: www.makeredu.net. Currently, the … Read more

Getting Started with Basic Programming on microbit

Getting Started with Basic Programming on microbit

This year marks the 57th anniversary of the Basic programming language. For many, their first experience with programming was in the 1970s to 1980s using Basic on Commodore PET, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, or Apple 2. Notably, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, a member of the team that created the BASIC language, was the first woman in … Read more

Create a Mobile Music Remote Control with micro:bit

Create a Mobile Music Remote Control with micro:bit

This article covers: 1. How to connect micro:bit to a mobile phone via Bluetooth 2. Using micro:bit as a remote control to control mobile music player Micro:bit is a micro programmable computer launched by the BBC in collaboration with many companies, designed to allow every child to have zero-based access to computer programming without needing … Read more

Micro:bit Practical Operation Task Sheet (Part 1)

Micro:bit Practical Operation Task Sheet (Part 1)

Introduction This task sheet is part of the new course content for “2.4 Sensing and Control” and serves as a prerequisite for the “Indoor Environment Real-Time Monitoring System” project. It aims to let students experience the process of hardware programming with micro:bit through several simple practical tasks over two class sessions, allowing them to initially … Read more