Lesson 08 Servo Introduction Servo is a kind of driver for position (angle) servo. It is suitable to control systems with constant angle change and can remain in its position. In this experiment, we are going to use the micro:bit to make a servo rotate circularly within a travel range. What you need micro:bit board […]
Lesson 07 Temperature Sensor Introduction Temperature sensor is a kind of sensor that can detect temperature and transfer it into output data. Temperature sensor is the core component of temperature gauges and instruments that you see in many devices. It has multiple applications. In this experiment, we are going to learn about the analog temperature […]
Lesson 06 Self-lock Switch Introduction Self-lock switch is a kind of common button switch. When we press its button for the first time, the switch is connected and remains in that status, which is called “self-lock”. When we press the button for the second time, the switch is disconnected. At the same time, the button […]
Lesson 05 – RGB LED Introduction An RGB LED is a type of LED. It can emit light with three different colors: red, green and blue. In this experiment, we are going to make an RGB LED gradually shift its light between the three different colors. What you need micro:bit board Micro USB Cable micro:bit […]
Lesson 04 Photocell Introduction A photocell is a kind of special resistor based on internal photoelectric effect. Its resistant value is opposite to the brightness of light. Brighter light leads to lower resistant value and in turn varies the voltage that passes through. Usually a photocell is the core component of a photoswitch. In the […]
Lesson 03 Trimpot Introduction Trimpot or potentiometer is a kind of common pressure adjustment components. In the following experiment, we are going to read the output voltage on the trimpot and display it using the nicro:bit 5*5 LED matrix display with a bar graph representation. Component List micro:bit board Micro USB Cable Pi Supplymicro:bit breadboard […]
Lesson 02 – Button Introduction In the first lesson, we learned how to control 2 LEDs and make them flash alternatively. In this Lesson we are going to use a tactile button to control the LED flash. That means when we press and hold down the button, the two LEDs will flash alternatively. When the […]
Lesson 01 – LED Introduction In this lesson we are going to be taking a look at the LED (light emitting diode), which are used in almost every application in consumer electronics. In this lesson we are going to use the BBC micro:bit to make two LEDs flash, alternate. What you need micro:bit board Micro […]
Getting Started with Pi Supply micro:bit Tinker Kit The Pi Supply micro:bit Tinker Kit is an easy to use prototyping kit for the micro:bit that uses a simple plug n play system. The kit allows you to focus more on the programming techniques without the need to build complex circuitry with each module ready to […]
Getting Started with Pi Supply micro:bit Starter Kit Pi Supply BBC micro:bit Starter Kit is designed for beginners who want to get started learning the basic fundamentals of electronic circuits and programming with the BBC micro:bit development board. This kit comes with some of the basic electronic components such as LEDs, buttons, buzzers, temperature sensor, […]