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Tag Archives: Microbit
Noughts 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 Games. Zaks wrote what, for … Continue reading
Send 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 interesting to send data the other way, … Continue reading
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Tagged BangleJS, BangleJS2, BBCMicrobit, Microbit, watch
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Use 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 was keen to … Continue reading
Posted in computers, education, ICT, microbit
Tagged BangleJS, BangleJS2, BBCMicrobit, Bluetooth, EddystoneBeacon, Espruino, Microbit, smartwatch, watch
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Collect 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 can access from … Continue reading
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Tagged BBCMicrobit, data, datalogging, Microbit, RaspberryPi
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Emojify 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 Python programs using emojis. It also decodes … Continue reading