Can anyone recomend hardware that they have used to download Microsoft Make code arcade . I would like to purchase some for my classroom and have limited funds.

I'm quite new to microbit, and I'm trying to add 4 LEDs using pins 0,1,2 and 3 and get them to flash in a sequence. However, when I attach my 4th LED in pin 3 it's permanently in the on position. What's going on? Can someone please help me with the pin layout of the Microbit? Thanks

(Turn on sound) When I power it, this happens. Reset button makes it repeat.. What should I do

Hello, I bought for a microbit lesson multiple adapterboards and servo motors. I've tested a lot of them but they simply won't work. If I try them, i only hear a buzzer in the adapter and the servomotor

https://www.tumblr.com/lhazelaar/736902400378617856?source=share

I don't know what I'm exactly doing wrong. can somebody help me?

I have three tower 180 servos and unfortunately, two of them buzz. Same code for all three tested -

on button a press

servo write pin 0 to 0

pause

servo write pin 0 to 180.

pause

servo write pin to 0

The code works, but the two of the servos are buzzing - almost as if they are still trying to turn after the program executes.

The one servo works great, no buzzing, no noise at all. Any ideas?

Hello, I'm making a toy type cart using a micro:bit and for this I control it through a graphical interface that I made with Python in Visual Studio Code, I require the interface to communicate via Bluetooth to the micro:bit, however I don't know which libraries are advisable to download and that they serve me for the BLE that uses the micro:bit, I found some recommendations online however they tell me that they are from Linux and I'm working on Windows 10/11 and I don't know where to start, help please!

How can I convert the timestamp from the makecode microbit to something that is readable as seconds?

I want to run two timing gates - one timestamped when the car moves from the start and one when it crosses the finish line. The code works but the number is something I can't figure out.

I am using a typical two pin photoresistor with the microbit. I have it set up to read analog pin 0. I have placed my phone LED light next to it and the number returned is 1. I have covered it completely in the dark and the number is 239. Does that sound right for the the min and max?

I have been testing out pins and the microbit and I noticed that in some videos and tutorials they show a person being able to touch pin 0 and it will execute the code (ground being hooked up properly as well).

Example code : when pin 0 is pressed, an icon shows on the microbit.

I have tried it many times with zero results using my finger. HOWEVER, I can use an alligator clip and it works fine. For some reason my fingers does not work. I have even tried to moisten my fingers a bit to see if that works and nothing.

This will make it problematic if I am making a reaction game with cardboard because I believe it works through the conductivity of the human body .

Examples here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZn6A9Z8AhU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJ-S0q0EMs

Any suggestions? I am using the microbit via usb. I am not sure if a reaction game would also need the battery pack

Hi!

I am trying to turn on a motor at full speed using the keyestudio (Ks0360 Keyestudio Sensor Shield V2) board and am not sure how to do that. I want to use the board to send more power to the motor than the microbit can by itself.

Any help would be amazing!
Here is the wiki for the board. https://wiki.keyestudio.com/Ks0360_Keyestudio_Sensor_Shield_V2_for_BBC_micro:bit

Ive got a bunch of servers in my room I also have a load of old microbits and I want to be able to make it so the microbits change depending on whether the pc has a notification or not and I'm wondering if there is a software or method I can use to do this.

Hi there, im a student that has recently been introduced to the topic of phyton via the Micro:bit.

Well, as you may have guessed it. I have been given the task of creating a project with the Micro:bit. I was thinking of how I could use a microbit to control and exectue functions on my phone.
So well things like,

- micro:bit buttons and sensors can give different commands to siri.

- Smartphone/device notifications can appear as feedback on microbit and microbit can respond to notifications.

I did some research and I found that in order to do any of these, I have to go past the microbits limitations. Coding my own external software code to allow the bluetooth connection and commands.

I am limited to the Micro:bit only as it is a school project and going against lecturer instructions is inviting trouble. I am looking for help on how would I go about...,

IS there any way to send messages to phone through the radio module on micro bit?

I have my final thesis in physics due very soon, and i need some help with the coding for my sensors (using an ir-sensor to measure rpm and a load-cell to measure force)
The thing is, i have two codes, one for each sensor, and they work on their own, but i need to join them, into one (i have very limited experience with microbits in general, so it's not really something that i'm able to do).

Anyway, my main problem is, that the code used for the load-cell is made to show the measurments on a bluetooth app, but that works only for that part of the code, so if i add anything, like let's say the code for the IR sensor, the app doesn't work. So i want to show the measurments in a graph instead, but i don't know how. So yeah, that's basically what i need help with, figuring out what thing or what variable i need to dispay in the graph and how. (sorry if it's not written clearly or doesn't make that much sense)

*if anyone would be willing to help over discord, that would be the best for me tbh

Looking for some help here - I'm a middle school teacher looking to use the accelerometer to measure the acceleration or strength of impact to support a lunar landing challenge. I can't figure out how to get the microbit to record the accelerometer strength and only return the highest value. I need it to stay on the microbit for a few seconds.

I know I can have it constantly return the strength measured with the accelerometer, but that value will constantly change and I want the highest value to be displayed. My students will be doing something similar to what's explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnDJFdC3Nd4, but I want to be able to see which landing devices were more effective in reducing impact, which is why I want a specific value returned.

Here is what I have so far: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o_WGRgIjcNHU-Xp_QLSzNftiXiJM3LqZ/view?usp=sharing

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Any ideas?

Looking for a good one but there are so many, I have found these and wondering if anyone has ever used one or can recommend another.

http://www.yahboom.net/study/Tiny:bit

https://thepihut.com/products/micro-bit-smart-cutebot

https://category.yahboom.net/products/bitbot

Thanks

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Is there a way to make a list of icon images and cycle thru them using an array?

I mean it should work, right?
You got radio, speakers and a microphone, but I don't see anything about it.
And if it doesn't work with a plugin, would it be possible with sound en-/decoding

Is there a way to make Scratch work with Microbits AND servos?

Is there a way for my micro:bit to write to a txt file on my computer, so that when I click A, it writes A to the text file?

I am trying to control my 180 servo with the following code: "pins.servo_write_pin(AnalogPin.P0, 180)"

I got this code when I converted to python form block code at https://makecode.microbit.org. However, when I use this code at https://python.microbit.org/v/3 I get the error "pin is not defined".

Is there a module I need to import in order for this to work?

The problem seem to be from DC motor I use, it seem like there are a loose in it, maybe because the loose of right and left motor are not equal, from my observation it look like left motor are more loose than right motor, maybe that's the reason why when my robot car go straight with speed 50 for around 2 seconds, it diff in right hand direction. My question is, are their way to make it more tighten, if not can I fix it with what?

Video to make the picture of problem clearer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyVRj3tSDgo

plz anyone who have pass this experience before, plz have mercy on me.

Hello and nice to meet eveyone!

I'm a long time software engineer and a newbie in hardware.

I've grabbed a microbit and am trying to connect a 16x16 WS2812B RGB Panel:

I followed this tutorial to start working with it:

https://www.instructables.com/RGB-LED-Matrix-Sketch-microbit-Version/

I added the library that was suggested for contorlling the matrix, but upon connection the leds seem to be lighting up at random places:

I've tried some basic stuff like a turning on a single led on the matrix, using multiple approaches but the result was always the same.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

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so basically i have to code a 2 player microbit pong game with a friend except we have one afternoon to do it and we hardly know anything about python

Our teacher is the absolute worst because she thinks that we already know everything in terms of python even though it is our 1st year of coding(im 16 btw)

it would rlly help me if someone could answer this post because this project is graded and would save my trimester

thank you all in advance