News
New Product: micro:bit Dock Module
This dock adds push buttons, buzzer, servo control, analog input voltage
from a potentiometer, IR transceiver, I2C LCD interface, SD card
interface and includes a prototyping area.
New Product: Maker's Kit for the BBC micro:bit
The Plug and Go expansion kit for the BBC micro:bit. Features a piezo
sounder, bi-colour LED, potentiometer, and breadboard header pins.
Announcing the Micro:bit Mother's Day Challenge!
How could the micro:bit help Mothers and Carers around the world have a better, easier day?
Keep Wolfblood secrets safe with the BBC micro:bit
The BBC micro:bit has teamed up with CBBC drama Wolfblood. Discover how you can use your micro:bit to protect WolfBlood secrets.
EPCI has established a micro:la Foundation to support free BBC micro:bid for kids in the Czech Republic
European Passive Components Institute raised an initiative to support
young kids with technical education by distribution of free BBC
micro:bits to schools in the Czech Republic.
Articles
Add a potentiometer to your microbit
Learning how to use a potentiometer with the micro:bit and connecting a fader from an old BBC radio studio mixing desk.
Powering a Micro:bit from a 3.7V LiPo Battery
This article will show you how to regulate and power a micro:bit from a 3.7V LiPo.
The First Video Game on the BBC Micro:bit [probably]
Great article describing how the author created a game for the
micro:bit, the changes it needed to perform to MicroPython and a general
profile of its resources.
Micro:bit Data Logging
Article and video showing how the micro:bit can be used for data logging with MicroPython.
BBC micro:bit is a great way to get kids started with code
The BBC micro:bit is a tiny little motherboard designed in partnership
with Microsoft, and it is a wonderful way to get kids into coding.
Retro LED Displays
Using Texas Instruments TIL311 small retro displays with the micro:bit and MicroPython.
micro:bit: working with NeoPixel LEDs
Shows how to use NeoPixels with the micro:bit and the PXT editor.
Projects
Measuring Presence of a Car
The presence of a car can be measured by changes in the magnetic field.
This project uses the magnetometer to build a tiny parking sensor.
The FaderPhone microbit musical instrument
Building an electronic musical instrument with a BBC microbit and an old BBC radio studio fader.
Micro:bit Speed Gate
Learn to build your own micro:bit speed gate to measure how fast something travels.
Microbit Morse Transceiver
A pair of Morse Code Transceivers using Micropython on the BBC micro:bit.
micro:bit Lap Counter For Scalextric Like Track
Great blog post with detailed instructions on how to build a lap counter with micro:bit and PXT.
Bitflyer for Micropython for the BBC micro:bit
Source code and build tools for bitflyer, a simple game for the
micro:bit. It relies on an I2C 0.96" oled display and the game python
code is embedded in a custom micropython build.
Mbit Keynote Plus
Control your Keynote presentation with the buttons of your micro:bit and predefined gestures
Yellow
An interactive glove able to control your phone at the press of a button.
Are you in tune?
There are many ways/apps/tools to tune an ukulele. Now there is one more.
Updates
PXT for the microbit: Updated to version 0.9.37.
Others
Simulink Lessons and Examples for BBC Micro:bit
These are the teaching materials and 9 examples developed in the
"Building Systems with Simulink & Micro:bit" series part I: "The
micro:bit Elements".
MicroPython Library for the SSD1306 OLED
This library allows the micro:bit to control the low cost 0,96" OLED display via I2C.
micro:bit core added to Apache Mynewt
Apache Mynewt is an open-source operating system for tiny embedded
devices. It's goal is to make it easy to develop applications for
microcontroller environments, where power and cost are driving factors.
micro:bit stand
A 3D printed stand for the micro:bit.
MATLAB Speaks Hardware: Get creative with micro:bit
Video recording of a live session, showing how to teach hardware to middle-schoolers.
BBC micro:bit meets the Robot Wars challengers
Team micro:bit head to the Robot Wars arena to talk to the Roboteers about engineering.
Micro:bit day at Bytes
An overview of the BBC micro:bit presence at Bytes Festivals in the
First Generation Gallery at the National Museum of Computing.
micro:pet
Print your own micro:bit pet! With adjustable and removable arms and
legs, this design allows you to customize your pet with easy snap-in
attachments
Upcoming Events
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March 10th, Disabled Access Day - micro:bit demonstration - Leeds, UK
March 12th, Essex Fablab and Makerspace with 3D printing... - Pitsea, UK
March 16th, How the BBC micro:bit delivers the Computing... - Birmingham, UK
March 18th, zbit:connect in the Pop Up Science Day at... - Southampton , UK
March 20th, Kodeklubb i Verkstedet: Nybegynnerkurs i... - Bergen, Norway
March 28th, Doctor Who and the micro:bit - Live Lesson - Online
April 4th, The Micro:bit Story: The Highs and Lows of... - Lancaster, UK
April 4th, Introduction to the BBC Micro Bit for Primary Schools - Dronfield, UK
April 7th, Minecraft & BBC Micro:bit Easter Workshops - Bletchley, UK
April 25th, Python Sheffield: micro:bit and hardware project... - Sheffield, UK
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