Tag 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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Simple KS2 microbit radio activities

Posted on February 24, 2018 by blogmywiki

My KS2 (upper Junior school) after-school Code Club have been split into 3 groups up until now. Some have been hacking Minecraft on one of our three Raspberry Pis, three sets of children have been exploring the Makey Makey with … Continue reading →

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Standalone microbit scrolling displays

Posted on November 11, 2017 by blogmywiki

I wanted to make a scrolling display for my desk on parents’ evening, and thought I might use a micro:bit. Then I thought 5 micro:bits might be even better. But how to get them scrolling one message across? I didn’t … Continue reading →

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