Simple micro:bit video out
I love making little computers and getting video out from Arduinos and even micro:bits – IchiconQuest is a lovely self-contained, if eccentric, computer you can make with a micro:bit that has video...
View Articlemicro:bit Wordle game
I made a Wordle-like game in Python for the BBC micro:bit. The code is pretty compact and easy to understand, so I think getting students to create their own version of this popular game or pick apart...
View Articlemicro:bit numbers station
Numbers stations are / were spooky shortwave radio stations, best known from the Cold War, which broadcast human voices reading numbers, usually in groups of five. It’s widely assumed these were / are...
View ArticleEmojify your Python
I’ve been thinking of ways of sharing Python programs on Twitter and I’ve come up with something a bit crazy, but which might have other uses. The micro:bit Python emojifier encodes and condenses...
View ArticleCollect and graph micro:bit data on a Raspberry Pi
Using a BBC micro:bit, an old Raspberry Pi and a surprisingly small amount of code, you can log sensor data in a simple CSV (comma separated values) text file and plot it on an interactive graph you...
View ArticleUse a micro:bit as remote Bluetooth temperature sensor
I love my BangleJS2 watch – it’s an inexpensive smart watch with custom firmware that allows you easily to write your own apps using JavaScript. I’ve already made a couple of watch faces for it, but I...
View ArticleSend the time from a watch to a BBC micro:bit
Previously I got a BBC micro:bit sending temperature data to my BangleJS watch by Bluetooth. I did this using a very simple, but deprecated, Eddystone beacon radio protocol. I thought it would be...
View ArticleNoughts and crosses
I just inherited a load of books on programming the 6502 processor in assembly language (and a Kim-1 computer, more on that later!). Among them was an intriguing 1980 book by Rodnay Zaks called 6502...
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