In this tutorial, I will explain how to implement a basic multiplayer game on the BBC micro:bit with the following features: A simple interface Low-latency between button presses and screen updates A flexible number of participants Easy control over the game using a master remote (“root”) device The game is essentially a simulation of politics. […]
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One way to extend the functionality of the micro:bit is to use a board called moto:bit by SparkFun Electronics (approximately $15-20). It looks complicated and has many features, but it isn’t hard to run servo motors from it. Moto:bit allows you to run more powerful motors than the tiny micro-motor that you can run from the micro:bit
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Paper Pocket Pets (PPP) is a kit designed to create interactive modular and wearable toys. It encourages children’s movement and sociality thanks to the reactions of the pet and allows children to build their own representative pet and also to change it over time if they want. Interaction dynamics The pets are designed to be
With the Toit platform, developers can treat an ESP32 as a regular computer, installing apps just as easy as on a computer or a phone. Using the high-level language Toit, it is easy to implement functionality and applications while the Toit platform ensures that the device keeps functioning no matter what. This project tests the
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With the addition of micro:bit to Tinkercad’s Circuits editor, it is now possible to create circuits with other Tinkercad Circuits components and to simulate the operation of the system by controlling these circuits via micro: bit. In light of this new feature, we have prepared a game that can be set up and run in
This device can help you automate your home, backyard, or whatever you want. Step 1: Gather the Components To build this device, you’ll need: ESP8266 x1; 4-stage ripple (binary) counter (I can suggest SN74LS93N) x1; 14-stage ripple counter (CD4020BE is the best choice) x1; Latches (SN74LS75) x6. Since each SN74LS75 consists of 4 latches, only
A motion sensitive firefly-filled pickle-jar that gets brighter when you move it, and then settles down to just twinkle a bit when its still. This project was inspired by a workshop led by Lila Finch and the great folks doing tinkering / creative learning at UC Boulder. Supplies: A microbit, v1 will do AA battery
This project builds upon the PIC/TI83+ interface developed by ThomasHenry (see Nuts & Volts August 2013 – A Mathematics Engine for Microcontrollers). Acknowledgment, appreciation, and kudos to him for writing the TI-library for Great Cow Basic that made this project possible. When I recently re-discovered that article, I imagined re-creating the only calculator that was
SmartSpin2K is an open hardware and software DIY module that converts BLE signals from a cycling APP (like Zwift, FulGaz, RGT, Sufferfest, etc.) and uses the information they broadcast to increase and decrease resistance on a spin bike by rotating the resistance knob with a stepper motor. SmartSpin2k receives BLE signals from common cycling peripherals such
In this project we demonstrate BBC micro:bit how to connect it to WiFi and send a notification to a phone without writing a single line of code. The micro:bit comes with a microphone, among the other features. We are going to use it to detect loud sound e.g. clicking fingers and when a loud sound is detected we send
