micro:bit and bmp180 sensor example
This bmp180 from Bosch is the best low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure and temperature. The sensor is soldered onto a PCB with...
micro:bit and MCP9808 digital temperature sensor example
MCP9808 digital temperature sensor example using the Arduino IDE
The MCP9808 digital temperature sensor converts temperatures between -20°C and +100°C to a digital word with...
2 I2C scanner examples for the micro:bit
The micro:bit has 2 I2C devices the accelerometer and magnetometer. the address of the devices are as follows
Device
I2C Address
Accelerometer
0x1D
Magnetometer (compass)
0x0E
Now you can also connect I2C...
Arduino and the micro:bit onboard 3-axis accelerometer
The MMA8653FC is an intelligent, low-power, three-axis, capacitive micromachined accelerometer with 10 bits of resolution. This accelerometer is packed with embedded functions with flexible...
Use the micro:bit magnetometer with the Arduino IDE
Freescale’s MAG3110 is a small, low-power, digital 3-axis magnetometer. The device can be used in conjunction with a 3-axis accelerometer to realize an orientation...
Program your micro:bit with the Arduino IDE
You can now use the Arduino IDE to develop and program your Micro:Bit, in my view thats a good thing to add this support...
Microbit using the accelerometer in the block editor
In this next example using the block editor we will use the accelerometer that is on the Micro:bit board to detect when the micro:bit...
Microbit touch example using block editor
The pins on your Micro:bit that are labelled 0, 1 and 2 can be used as touch inputs. To do this you need to...
Microbit and Espruino firmware
I bought an Espruino board while back because it allowed you to code in JavaScript using a neat chrome add on - a web...
Microbit RGB led using C Plus Plus
We will look at how you can use C++ to write programs for your Micro:bit, there is an online compiler you use and we...
force sensitive resistor example
A force-sensing resistor is a material whose resistance changes when a force or pressure is applied.
Force-sensing resistors consist of a conductive polymer, which changes...
Microbit basic serial port example
In this example we will create a VB.net program that will read data from the serial port, in this case a Microbit connected to...