microbit - bigl.es

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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Friday Fun - Six New Projects!

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

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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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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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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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Tooling Tuesday - HCSR04P Ultrasonic Sensor

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

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Friday Fun - Four Python Projects

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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#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