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BBC Micro:bit in Practice

By : Ashwin Pajankar, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Saini
Book Image

BBC Micro:bit in Practice

By: Ashwin Pajankar, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Saini

Overview of this book

This book is a one-stop guide for learning BBC Micro:bit with MicroPython, exploring many hardware components and programming techniques to provide detailed insights into developing practical applications with the Micro:bit. It will also show you how hardware components can be manipulated using a combination of Micro:bit and MicroPython for developing practical projects. BBC Micro:bit in Practice will help you gain a holistic understanding of the BBC Micro:bit platform and MicroPython programming, guiding you through mini projects aimed at developing practical knowledge of circuit design and writing programs. You’ll learn how to write programs for working with built-in LEDs and buttons, interfacing external LEDs, buttons, motors, buzzers, and much more. You’ll also work with built-in radio, speakers, accelerometer, and a compass. You’ll dive into concepts related to the Micro:bit filesystem, interfacing external displays, and working with libraries in detail before exploring sewable circuits and wearable technology. After reading this Micro:bit book, you’ll understand how to apply principles in electronics and MicroPython to create interesting real-life projects from scratch.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with the BBC Micro:bit
6
Part 2: Programming Hardware with MicroPython
10
Part 3: Filesystems and Programming Analog I/O
13
Part 4: Advanced Hardware Interfacing and Applications

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

7-segment LED display 122, 123

7-segment LEDs 122

A

accelerometer 177-180

Acorn Computers 4

Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) processors 6

analog pins 158, 159

android app

reference link 39

anode 82

arithmetic operations 51

audio 187, 188

B

basketball game

creating, with Micro:bit 231, 232

BBC Computer Literacy Project 4

BBC Micro:bit

versus Raspberry Pi 20

beats per minute (bpm) 218

Binary Input Output System (BIOS) 40

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5

Boolean values 47

breadboarding 96

breadboards 96-98

breakout boards 13, 14

reference link 14

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 4

built-in data structures

dictionaries 65

lists 62-64

tuples 65

built-in modules 75, 76

built-in programmable 5x5 LED...