Category Archives: microbit

Noughts and crosses

Posted on May 7, 2023 by blogmywiki

I just inherited a load of books on programming the 6502 processor in assembly language (and a Kim-1 computer, more on that later!). Among them was an intriguing 1980 book by Rodnay Zaks called 6502 Games. Zaks wrote what, for … Continue reading →

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Send the time from a watch to a BBC micro:bit

Posted on August 27, 2022 by blogmywiki

Previously I got a BBC micro:bit sending temperature data to my BangleJS watch by Bluetooth. I did this using a very simple, but deprecated, Eddystone beacon radio protocol. I thought it would be interesting to send data the other way, … Continue reading →

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Use a micro:bit as remote Bluetooth temperature sensor

Posted on August 25, 2022 by blogmywiki

I love my BangleJS2 watch – it’s an inexpensive smart watch with custom firmware that allows you easily to write your own apps using JavaScript. I’ve already made a couple of watch faces for it, but I was keen to … Continue reading →

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Collect and graph micro:bit data on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 17, 2022 by blogmywiki

Using a BBC micro:bit, an old Raspberry Pi and a surprisingly small amount of code, you can log sensor data in a simple CSV (comma separated values) text file and plot it on an interactive graph you can access from … Continue reading →

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Emojify your Python

Posted on April 11, 2022 by blogmywiki

I’ve been thinking of ways of sharing Python programs on Twitter and I’ve come up with something a bit crazy, but which might have other uses. The micro:bit Python emojifier encodes and condenses Python programs using emojis. It also decodes … Continue reading →

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