microbit Pulsing LED with micro:bit Pulse an LED just like the eye of a Terminator...just don't call it Skynet
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.
microcontroller monday Microcontroller Monday - 4Tronix BIT:170 Breadboarding with a micro:bit just got a little easier
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.
fridayfun Friday Fun - Six New Projects! Six new projects covering Python, Pi, Arduino and much more!
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!
neopixel Tooling Tuesday - Bright Lights! Fancy decorating your home / Christmas tree / self with neopixel fairy lights? For less than £10? Read on!
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.
tuesdaytooling Tooling Tuesday - HCSR04P Ultrasonic Sensor A 3V compliant ultrasonic sensor for your next robot world domination project!
fridayfun Friday Fun - Four Python Projects Four free projects for you to try out with your Raspberry Pi and micro:bit
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!
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
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
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
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
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,
microbit Artists, makers, musicians...lend me your ears! Hackpool Idea! In 2017 I had an idea, and I tried to make it real, but I encountered lots of obstacles. What was my original idea? I'd like to offer a FREE micro:bit
microbit Friday Fun: Radio Controlled micro:bit Pumpkin 🎃 It's nearly Halloween! The night when creatures of pure evil roam the land, seeking their next victim! No brains were harmed...or found during the creation of this photo So... How can we
microbit Friday Fun: Sending Serial Data From micro:bit to laptop Cereal Killer If you haven't seen Hackers yet, then rectify that ASAP. ^^^ Yes this is "Cereal Killer" aka the dude who plays Shaggy in Scooby Doo...jinkies! Serial, no not the
hack Build your own micro:bit / codebug / crumble to Snap Circuits adapter So I have a lot of Snap Circuits / Hot Wires / Other brand kits The kids at Blackpool Raspberry Jam love these kits, and we often have groups of kids hacking new ideas to
friday fun Using a TMP36 sensor with micro:bit Every maker has their favourite sensor, board, component. For me the humble L298N is my motor controller of choice, the DS18B20 for temperature sensing, and IR obstacle sensor for simple input. But recently
microbit micro:bit in libraries "Libraries gave us power" (c) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life We now have 60 micro:bit in the hands of all eight libraries in Blackpool and the Fylde
microbit #Pounderland Solar Powered micro:bit Time for some friday fun! I really do love Poundland... They stock cheap electronics that can be torn apart and turned into anything you can think of. Right now they have loads of
friday fun Cheap Robotics Yeah the GIF is @all_about_code robot made from the Cam Jam Kit 3 and an old cover for a power socket. For some Friday fun this week... It's spreadsheets!!! Before this