Was sorting through a pile of fabric pieces and came across this fabric panel decorated with iron-on vinyl and eyelets to look like a microbit. It was supposed to be part of a bag, but I never got around to completing it. The eyelets are spaced to hold an LEDs string behind them. Now I'm thinking it might look cute sewn to the back of a denim jacket. #microbit#sewingproject
Gave my desk a #NeoPixels makeover based on some leftovers I had (the black holes are from soldering strips together). Really digging the soothing moving gradient. It's powered by an old BBC #microbit that connects to MakeCode over #WebUSB. #ProjectFugu 🐡 FTW!
Amazing day at the Royal Institution Youth Summit in London, listening to young people's hopes, fears and questions about #AI & #ML - and I got to to a live science demonstration where Michael Faraday stood, with volunteers from the audience in true Christmas Lectures style! #microbit
Lovely to see the primary students receiving their free BBC micro:bits from DanTDM on CBBC Newsround - I was lucky enough to teach Dan some coding on Wednesday! #microbit#teaching#coding
Looking through some older sewing projects, I found this micro:bit computer bag I sewed years ago. The DIY LED matrix I made (before super flexible LED strings existed) was broken, so I replaced it with a flexible string (see next post for matrix picture), and now it is functional and sturdier than before. #microbit#sewingproject
Eldest and I have opened the #RaspberryPi ! We finally have thought of a useful project and found instructions so it’s worth getting stuck in. Eldest is a little bit excited! He’s loved his #MicroBit
Also realised I could just install #linux on my old laptop, rather than getting rid of it
Get a clue... with RP2040 or ESP32-S3 🧩🔌📡💡💻🔧⚙️🛠️🤖🔬
The Clue series started with an nRF52840 and was supposed to get expanded to cover RP2040 and ESP32-Sx chipsets - and we even did full layouts in mid 2021 before getting our hopes smashed by ST sensor chip shortages (we use a loooot of ST sensors on these boards...)
A #microbit sends signals to the optoisolated #MOSFET gate driver, unaffected by the higher voltages involved in pulsing current through a coil of magnet wire which causes the paper heart to beat.
Glad I was in NYC last week not this. Thinking of the students I met there when helping judge a Coding for Climate Action showcase, especially those whose micro:bit-powered early warning systems detected wild fires. #microbit
Just updated my big list of more advanced / crazy BBC micro:bit projects. Make a binary adder! Print surreal stories on a thermal printer! Do the kettle run in less than 10 parsecs! Write a 7 segment LED display driver in MAKE CODE BLOCKS! Get kids making their own programming language for younger kids! Play NIM to win! And many more.
It's all here, fill your :bits! http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/microbit/ #microbit#Python#microPython#MakeCode