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
microbit micro:bit Infrared Timing Gate In early March 2017 I, along with local hacker Dave Gallop were asked by St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School to come along and help them build some supersonic race cars for the
microbit Bit:2:Pi Gareth at 4Tronix is a genius. He produces lots of wonderful boards for the Raspberry Pi, codebug and micro:bit. One of his latest boards is Bit:2:Pi which is a little
microbit Have Yourself A WS2812B Christmas I have an addiction to WS2812B "Neopixels", those super bright multi colour LEDs that work with almost every micro controller / computer. I recently purchased some from eBay to see if they
microbit micro:bit - Hacking the GPIO - Updated! So yesterday on the train...I saw this tweet. Just had GREAT yr4 after school club using #bbcmicrobit 😀 BUT trying2do traffic lights & struggled w/ short circuits pic.twitter.com/xsp1upJs3q— Ben
microbit BBC micro:bit - Gesture controlled blinking lights I've been tinkering with the new BBC micro:bit computer, especially the Micro Python editor Mu. I love how flexible the board is, especially for getting down to hacking in very little time.
Raspberry Pi BETTer late than never... It was a tale of two cities, a game of two halves or some other euphemism. But BETT 2016 seemed centred on bringing the Maker Movement into the classroom. At one end of
hacking Micro:bit Last weekend, August 15 and 16, the BBC were in Blackpool as part of their Make it Digital roadshow. I was lucky enough to be asked along to help deliver a day long