New Product: SparkFun micro:bit Breakout
A board that expands the capabilities of the development platform by
providing access to more pins and allowing for connections to the I2C
and SPI buses.
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New Product: micro:bit GVS Controller Kit
A make it yourself controller that can be used to control hardware such
as robot buggies and interact with phones using its Bluetooth and radio
capabilities.
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New Product: flip:bit reverser
Would you like to be able to have your micro:bit facing the other way in
whatever accessory you are using but the accessory doesn't support
reversing the micro:bit? then the flip:bit is for you!
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Scientific Challenges with micro:bit
Institute for Youth Development and Innovativity (IRIM) and Ruđer
Bošković Institute announce the first competition for creative projects
with micro:bit
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BitBotPathFollow
Use micro Python on micro:bit to program your bit:bot robot to retrace a path.
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BBC micro:bit + Arduino IDE
What if you could easily build an iOS/Android app to interact with your
micro:bit? Blynk does just that! Here is how to use it with Arduino IDE.
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Writing the second video game for the Micro:bit in Rust
I recently published a story about bitflyer, a simple game for the BBC
micro:bit. I dusted off the bitflyer code, loaded it in, and it worked
fine before it ran out of memory and the whole thing crashed. After
several hours of stepping through the layers of code, I gave up and
decided on a more radical approach: Rust.
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Boson Kit Meet Micro:bit
Boson Kit is a set of modular electronic building blocks designed for
young inventors, educators and tinkerers. With Boson, young inventors
are able to fly in the sky of imagination, there is no doubt that Boson
also has numerous of friends, BBC micro:bit is one of them.
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Bloodhound Race for the Line and Bluetooth
The Race for the Line programme blends practical STEM with coding,
through the BBC micro:bit, which has been adopted as both an on-board
accelerometer in the body of the rocket car, and a data processor for
the timing gates
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Teaching robotics with the BBC micro:bit
For the past several years, I’ve been fortunate to help run the Embedded
Programming stream at the NCSS Summer School, a high-school summer camp
attended by over 130 students and teachers each year. Previously, we’ve
taught Arduino but this year we decided to try something new: enter the
BBC micro:bit.
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Bikeyface Emoji Taillight
Y'know how you're on your bike, or in your car, and all you can really
do is use your horn, bell, or finger to give feedback to other drivers?
What if there was a better way? Express yourself with your bike lights!
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Light Box
A really simple light box using NeoPixels and super easy coding on the BBC micro:bit.
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Build A Klawsome microbit Controlled Tank
Kitronik Technical Director Dave Sanderson can often be found sharing in
twitter the goings and testing of an upcoming product called the Klaw,
which has prompted a good number of requests for a tutorial on how to
make the tank and how to control it.
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Domato Timer
A micro:bit timer for the Pomodoro Technique with the JavaScript Blocks editor.
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Remote Controlled Microbit Robot
I use micro:bits in tech clubs and wanted a simple remote controlled
robot that was easy enough for children to build and code. This project
uses two micro:bits, one as the controller and one to drive the motors.
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The micro:bit driver
Everyone knows that it can be very boring to race against yourself, but
what if your micro:bit could race against you, or you can try how fast
it is possible to drive your raceway?
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inventorspace micro:bit projects
inventorpsace is a community by SparkFun with fun projects you can
implement in your classroom, school or district. The new micro:bit
section has received a few interesting submissions worth checking out!
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Software, libraries and Tools
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bitty blue
Bitty Blue provides a collection of fun things to do with a BBC
micro:bit (or compatible device) and Bluetooth. Play with 3D
"PolySquiggles", use your micro:bit as a compass, have fun with the
micro:bit's buttons, design patterns and send them or text to the
micro:bit LED display, connect and control electronic circuits. Lots of
fun and educational too!
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Update: Gobot 1.5 - On Pins And Boards
In Gobot v1.3, we added support for the BBC micro:bit. Now we've added a new driver for it called 'IOPinDriver'.
This means you can use your micro:bitwith any of the normal gpio or aio drivers.
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Micro:bit A4 folder holder
Why risk forgetting or losing your micro:bit... Here is a solution to
help keep your micro:bit safe. Keep it in your A4 school folder!
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mibot - drawing robot
A 3D printed chassis for a painting robot powered by a BBC micro:bit and its motor drive board.
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Upcoming Events
Do you have an event you'd like to see here? You can tweet or email it.
June 6th, PLPUG - CoderDojo Koszalin - micro:bit - Koszalin, Poland
June 10th, Digital Making with Micro:bits - Singapore
June 12th, Meet, learn and share ideas about MicroPython - London, UK
June 14th, Wearable, maker education tech, talks & showcase - London, UK
June 19th, Micro:Bit Handout Session - NPT - Newport, United States
June 22nd, Micro:bit taster for Adults - Oxford, UK
June 26th, Micro:Bit Handout Session - TCH - Titchfield, UK
July 3rd, Micro:bit Programming with Open Cast Software - Newcastle, UK
July 28th, Coding the Future with the BBC micro:bit - London, UK
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