The BBC Micro:Bit is a relatively new, and open development board.
The board has a lot of features for it’s small size and very inexpensive price.
Features:
- 32 bit 16MHz Arm Cortex M0 CPU
- Bluetooth Low Energy (nRF51822)
- 3 axis accelerometer
- Compass
- 25 programmable led’s arranged as a 5 x 5 matrix
- 2 user buttons
- Battery connector – 2 x AA
- Micro USB connector
We made a very silly mistake witb our first example of interfacing with the microbit i/o pins.
It quickly became obvious that the side we soldered the wires to, was not connected to anything. Something that we failed to check beforehand, a lesson learnt!
After looking around for a suitable interface, we found the Kiktronic Inventor’s Kit. It contains a prototyping plate on which an Edge connector breakout board, and mini breadoard, can be attached.
The micro:bit can now slot into the edge connector…very neat!
The kit also contains enough components to perform a few informative experiments.
We found a Funduino i2c backpack for a HD44780 16×2 character lcd.
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