Category: BBC Microbit Tutorial

The micro:bit as you all know has a built-in 5 x 5 grid LED screen which can display and represent text, numbers and shape images by controlling each LED to “on” or “off” state. This is well and good and Read More …

Servo motors are vital in robotics. They serve as the device that create movement. By virtue of the way in which they work, servo motors have a special feature in that torque, speed and position can be controlled precisely, and Read More …

In October 2020, a v2.0 board was released that feature a faster microprocessor, more memory, touch sensor and built-in speaker and microphone which v1.0 lacks. The new micro:bit v2.0 continues to support all of the same features and all the Read More …

What is the difference between digital read pin vs analog read pin? We use digital read pin when we want to read a digital (0 or 1) signal from a pin in the microbit board. The general purpose input and Read More …

This tutorial will aid us to learn how to use a flame sensor module on the microbit. A flame sensor is a high sensitive device that can detect infrared rays coming from a fire/flame or other light sources. The flame Read More …

Controlling External LED with Microbit To control an external LED using the microbit, one has to be careful with the right orientation of the LED pins when supplying power through it. The longer pin of the LED is the anode Read More …

Variables Variables hold a specific type of information. Programmers use variables to hold the value of information that may change.  For example, a game program can have a variable to hold the current player’s score. Microbit variables can be numbers, Read More …

Each LED on the microbit can be identified by its x and y coordinates as shown on the image below: To turn on and off the LEDs, use the plot and unplot  blocks under the Led category of the Block Read More …

It’s important that we need to learn the basics of electronics and have a solid foundation on how things work before we move further on our micro:bit learning adventure. Most of what we are going to make are made up Read More …

Exploring how to program would be more rewarding if we knew a few fundamental coding concepts. But before we learn basic coding concepts, we need to know why do we need to make a program in the first place. We Read More …