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microbit monday

Monday micro:bit: Micro:bit X Raspberry Pi

I spent $13 on this, so you don't have to.

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microbit monday

micro:bit Monday: Valenta Off-Roader

Build yourself a tiny micro:bit controlled robot car with this fun little kit. I got early access to a prototype kit for this review!

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tuesdaytooling

Tuesday Tooling: MAKER-DRIVE!

A £3 motor controller aimed directly at beginners! Seriously, this is so easy to use!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun: Light up a life!

Light up the lives of our key workers! Here is one project that we can build using arts and crafts materials. We will look at four common boards and how we can use them in the project.

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neopixel

Friday Fun - Late Edition : Tiny Neopixels

Super tiny neopixel LEDs from Aliexpress, but are they any good? I took the hit for you!

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microbit monday

Micro:bit Monday: M.A.R.S Rover

Meet R0g3r my new robot who is very curious. He even tried to drive into a cardboard box while exploring my office.

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book

Micro:bit Monday - micro:bit for Mad Scientists review

A good book can spark the fire of imagination.

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microcontroller monday

Microcontroller Monday - Simple Button Detection

A button can do anything that you want, you just need to tell it what to do!

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Pulsing LED with micro:bit

Pulse an LED just like the eye of a Terminator...just don't call it Skynet

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microcontroller monday

Microcontroller Monday - Control an L298N motor controller with micro:bit

How would you like to control a motor using a micro:bit? Well here is a quick guide to get you started.

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microcontroller monday

Microcontroller Monday - 4Tronix BIT:170

Breadboarding with a micro:bit just got a little easier

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fridayfun

Friday Fun: Summer Hacks!

17 Free projects to keep the kids busy all summer long!

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Mu

Bett 2019 micro:bit hacks

Grab some cheap Poundland LEDs and learn how to use them with your micro:bit. This post is a reference source for those taking part in my Bett workshop. But anyone can have a go.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Six New Projects!

Six new projects covering Python, Pi, Arduino and much more!

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microbit monday

Christmas Noise!

Ho Ho Ho, Santa, Snowman and a Christmas Tree are here to light up your Christmas...oh and they play music!

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neopixel

Tooling Tuesday - Bright Lights!

Fancy decorating your home / Christmas tree / self with neopixel fairy lights? For less than £10? Read on!

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microbit

micro:bit Monday - bread:bit

Got lots of electronic components for your Pi / Arduino and want to use them with your micro:bit? Then you need this.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - HCSR04P Ultrasonic Sensor

A 3V compliant ultrasonic sensor for your next robot world domination project!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Four Python Projects

Four free projects for you to try out with your Raspberry Pi and micro:bit

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microbit monday

micro:bit Monday - enviro:bit

Do you like science? Do you like sensors? Do you like clapping?...well enviro:bit is for you!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Easy micro:bit Serial Connection

I've covered serial connections quite a lot recently, from micro:bit to laptop, Raspberry Pi, Adafruit Gemma M0. But each time I use my boiler plate serial listener code. It's clunky but it

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microbit monday

micro:bit Monday - Scroll:Bit

This week I would open with a meme such as "They see me scrollin' they hatin'" but that would ultimately lead to me travelling back in time to 2006 when that

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microbit monday

micro:bit Monday - pin:bit

This time we head over to Sheffield-on-the-sea to learn about a new product from the Pirates at Pimoroni So what is it? pin:bit is a micro:bit to breadboard breakout board. So

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microbit monday

micro:bit Monday - Kitronik Motor Driver Board

Another Monday...another cool micro:bit add on, and this week we have the Kitronik Motor Driver Board...from errr Kitronik Robots are cool... There I said it! But did you know how

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microbit

micro:bit Monday - zbit:toolbelt

Welcome to Monday, new week, spring is here and I thought that I would try out something new. So micro:bit Monday, a semi regular series where I look at an add on,

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