New product: Hummingbird micro:bit Adapter
Allows your Hummingbird to work with the micro:bit. Simply plug it into
the back of the Hummingbird, write programs in the block-based MakeCode
environment, and download them onto the micro:bit.
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New Product: :GAME ZIP 64
The :GAME ZIP 64 is the ultimate retro handheld gaming platform for the
micro:bit. It's got everything; a screen, programmable buttons, haptic
feedback and more.
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New Product: scroll:bit
A little display with a lot of pixels! Its 119 bright white LEDs are
perfect for scrolling messages with your micro:bit, or for animations,
graphs, and more!
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New Product: Ring:bit Car
A DIY Educational Smart Robot Kit for Kids.
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New Product: Skill badge, iron-on patch
This is the "micro:bit" badge for use with educators, classrooms,
workshops, Maker Faires, TechShops, Hackerspaces, Makerspaces and around
the world to reward beginners on their skill building journey.
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New Product: Joystick:bit for micro:bit
A fun micro:bit extension module. It contains a 4-direction joystick and
6 undefined buttons. Once we plug micro:bit board into the center
connector slot on the board, it becomes a free defined programmable game
joystick.
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New Product: Power:bit For micro:bit
A micro:bit extension board with minimum size. It is powered by two
2025/2032 button batteries and carries a buzzer on the board.
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New Product: micro:bit click adapter
Designed to be eye-catching for your kids (or the kid inside you.) With
two mikroBUS™ sockets in each hand this awesome gadget will make sure
you learn and have fun.
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New Product: k8 Robotics Kit
Meet k8, your modular robotics kit for learning Computational Thinking.
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New Product: pin:bit
Breaks out all of the useful pins from your micro:bit into breadboard
format while providing handy-dandy labels to make your builds go
smoothly.
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New Product micro:Gamepad
An expansion gamepad based on micro:bit. You only need to plug in the
micro:bit, it will turn into a wireless remote controller or a wireless
game console.
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Free your radio functionality on the micro:bit
If you have two micro:bits sitting around, grab them and join me in this
post to take a closer look at how to set up the radio for communication
and how to send data from one micro:bit to another. Ready? Good! Here
we go.
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Plotting live microbit sensor data in Mu
A new feature (currently in beta versions of Mu 1.0) allows live
plotting of numerical data printed to the REPL (command line) by Python
code on the micro:bit.
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micro:bit neural network
Part two of a set of post. In the previous post a single neuron was
produced, this one looks at producing a network of neurons, ie. neural
network; looking to solve the problem that a single neuron can't solve,
making an Exclusive OR gate (XOR).
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Measure Pressure With Your Micro:bit
An easy to build and inexpensive device to perform pressure measurements
and demonstrate Boyle's law, using the micro:bit in combination with
the BMP280 pressure/temperature sensor.
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The Five Minute micro:bit Guide
The five minute micro:bit guide is for you if you can answer yes to the
following two questions. Firstly, do you have at least five minutes to
learn something new? Second, do you want to learn how to use a
micro:bit?
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Desk Light Ornament and Door Light Sign
This tutorial will show you how to program and build a desk ornament
that lights up and changes colors over the course of an hour. You'll
also learn how to program and build an accompanying door sign that
lights up. You can use the door sign as decoration or as a way to let
others know you are on the phone or busy :)
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8x8x8 Cube
I saw a cube on Twitter a while ago and just fell in love and wanted to
make my own. I was also inspired by Leeds Hackspace’s cube. Then I found
Hari Waguna on YouTube. Hari was building an 8x8x8 RGB LED cube
controlled by an arduino but in a really cool way that I’ve decided to
copy.
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micro:bit Slither
Multiplayer snake game. Controlled via Bluetooth on micro:bits, and hosted on an Android device.
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Software, Libraries and Tools
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microbitdongle
Simplifies communication with a micro:bit over serial using Python.
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Cute micro:bit Coloring Page
During a micro:bit training with fellow digital learning coaches,
someone said they were more comfortable with coloring pages than with
coding.... So I made a coding coloring page!
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