Introduction to Programming With Microbit

1. Introduction to Microbit

2. What is a Microbit?
The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that introduces
you to how software and hardware work together. It has an
LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output
features that, when programmed, let it interact with you and
your world

3. Key Websites:
Microbit
https://microbit.org/
Projects
https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/
Lessons
https://microbit.org/lessons/

4. Key Websites:
MakeCode
https://makecode.microbit.org/
Browser-Based Coding Environment with
On-Screen Simulator

5. The Out-of-the-Box Experience-1

6. The Out-of-the-Box Experience-1
Hello!
Download the out of box experience .hex file and flash it on to your micro:bit. Your
micro:bit's LED display output will spring into life and greet you. Start unlocking little
games by following the instructions on the LED display.
Press the buttons
Your micro:bit will get you to try out the A and B buttons. These are the micro:bit's most
basic inputs.

7. The Out-of-the-Box Experience-2
.Shake it
The harder you shake your micro:bit, the more LED light outputs will light up.
The micro:bit has a motion sensor input called an accelerometer that measures
forces. It can measure how hard you shake it or which way up it is..

8. The Out-of-the-Box Experience-3
Tilt: chase the dot game
Can you catch the flashing dot by tilting your micro:bit?
Find the Easter egg
Secret features or games are sometimes called 'Easter eggs'. When you see the heart
animation, unlock a secret snake game by pressing the A and B buttons together.
You can start the demo again by pressing the reset button on the back of your
micro:bit.

9. Meet MicroBit
https://sites.google.com/steamstudio.org/intelligentdevices/microbit
/meet-microbit

10. Meet MicroBit--downloading program(hex file)

11. First Projects-
https://makecode.microbit.org

12. Features:

13. Features in Depth:
https://microbit.org/get-started/user-guide/features-in-depth/
● Emotion Badge
● Beating Hearts
● Make some noise
● Jukebox
● Name Badge
● Step Counter

14. Emotion Badge

15. Beating Hearts

16. Name Badge- Show string

17. Step Counter- create Variable “step count”

18. Jukebox

19. Radio-1: Set channel, send a message

20. Features in Depth
● Thermometer
● Sunlight Sensor
● Compass
● Magic 8 Ball (arrays)
● Displaying Sensor Data as a graph
● Traffic Light Program- Loops, functions
● Neopixels- extensions
● Radio- send a message
● Remote Control of Servo Using Tilt Sensor

21. Thermometer

22. Compass

23. Magic 8-Ball- using arrays, index

24. Traffic Light- Using Functions
● Define normal sequence- green-yellow-red neopixels
● Define walk request function
● Monitor request to walk
● If requested, call walk request function

26. Radio, map, servo

27. Game- set (name) to create sprite at x,y