This short video introduces the amp:bit. This product is the easiest way to hook up a set of headphones or speakers to your BBC micro:bit. Simply plug the micro:bit into the amp:bit and then plug in your headphones! Alternatively, you can solder a PC speaker directly to the provided pads or solder a screw terminal. The amp:bit also features a built-in volume control!
This video introduces the simon:says board for micro:bit. The fully assembled add-on board helps to turn your micro:bit into a Simon Says game. Simply program it and you’re good to go!
This guide will show you how to assemble the pedestrian crossing project board for the exhi:bit prototyping system for micro:bit. We also show you a quick demo of it running at the end. Please note the Red LEDs look orange in this video, that’s due to the camera and lighting used.
You can view the code here: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/3ff744516d7281a8415fec9a3a9b137f
One cold and blustery morning, Ewan had an idea! “How about using a micro:bit with a distance sensor and a haptic feedback driver to create an Electronic “white stick”.
This task was handed to myself, and after reading a few data sheets, I designed a circuit and then a PCB that can mount to a micro:bit.
The PCB has a ST VL53L0X ‘Time of Flight’ sensor to measure the distance (this works up to around 1.2 Meters and down as low as 30mm) and a TI DRV2605 haptic feedback driver, with a vibration motor.
After laying out the PCB and getting it manufactured, it was time to solder the components. As the passive components were 0603 size, these were easy to solder by hand, the TI DRV2605 has a 0.5mm pitch, so not too difficult. The VL53L0X was an LGA12 package, with tiny, 0.5mm pads on the bottom. This required mounting with hot-air, but managed it on my second attempt (Not bad as this was only the 2nd BGA style chip I have mounted).
Next came the firmware, I chose to program this in PYTHON, while I’ve not had much experience with this programming language, There are thousands of resources online. I started by searching the web for Arduino Libraries, this way I could connect an Arduino with jumper wires, and test that the assembly of the PCB was working. This also gave me a reference for the calls required to make the devices work. The haptic chip had a few Arduino libraries on the web, and they all used the same calls to set up the chip, so understanding the code was straight forward.
This short video shows a very simple example of using the 1up:bit with the BBC micro:bit. This short video will show you the easy way to solder the headers on to your bread:bit using a breadboard as a jig. In this short tutorial video, we show you how to solder up the 1up:bit the controller for BBC micro:bit. There is also am assembly version of this video if you aren’t up for soldering. This video gives you an introduction to the OctoSnap the breakaway header pin snapper! There’s no need to count the pins and use pliers, just insert the header strip into the OctoSnap and snap the correct number of pins out. Category: Microbit TutorialsUsing the 1up:bit Controller for Micro:bit
TutorialDescription How to Solder Your Bread:bit Headers the Easy Way
TutorialDescriptionMicro:Pixel Edge for BBC Micro:bit
TutorialDescription This short video shows you the micro :pixel EDGE a micro :bit accessory which makes your micro :bit into a full colour torch. It also shows you how simple it is to program using PXT.1up:bit GamePad Controller for BBC Micro:bit
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