Category Archives: microbit

Making calculators with microbits

Posted on April 1, 2018 by blogmywiki

Well, making a calculator with THREE micro:bits really. This is, I admit, a bit of a mad project but I’ve been fascinated by calculators since childhood. I can remember cheap pocket calculators being invented and, like digital watches, I still … Continue reading →

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Monk Makes Sensor Board for Microbit with Mu plotter

Posted on April 1, 2018 by blogmywiki

The Mu Python editor’s new plotter function continues to delight me. I connected a Monk Makes Sensor Board to a micro:bit and wrote a few lines of Python to see whether I could get some live data readings from its … Continue reading →

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Plotting live microbit sensor data in Mu

Posted on March 28, 2018 by blogmywiki

I very much enjoyed watching the video of Nicholas Tollervey’s visit to Adafruit recently, it’s well worth a look. One of the highlights for me was a new feature (currently in beta versions of Mu 1.0) that allows live plotting … Continue reading →

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Picademy top tips and takeaways

Posted on May 30, 2017 by blogmywiki

I was incredibly lucky enough to get a place on Picademy in London this month. What is Picademy? It’s the best CPD I have ever had. They bring together teachers and educators for two days of shared learning about technology, … Continue reading →

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Microbit wireless data logger with printout

Posted on December 20, 2016 by blogmywiki

This project uses 2 microbits – one attached to a thermal till-roll printer as before. This time there’s a second microbit which can be battery-powered and put on a car, parachute, dog, whatever takes your fancy. Every 10 seconds it … Continue reading →

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