Mastodon

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I'm working on a new parametric design to hold micro:bit boards... You can change the number of boards, space between them, and angle they insert... they also snap into place with a nice little "click" and don't fall out. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openScad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openScad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3Dprinting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕(I don't mention my day-job related stuff here much but...)US-based teachers and librarians can receive $500+ of our micro:bit kits for free.Join us this summer for a free PD course with Pathfinders Summer Institute. Choose "Circuitry and Robotics with LEGO and MicroBit" by Brown Dog Gadgets.30 hours of virtual PD & we send you all the materials: A Bit Board Rover Kit and Remote. Spots are limited so apply now. :)➡️ <a href="http://p2url.com/pathfinders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://p2url.com/pathfinders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEAM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a>

Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)My complaint remains from the <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arduino</a> though. Lessons have an over-emphasis on the coding part but only cursory explanation of circuits & electronics.It amounts to mostly blindly following a wiring diagram.Also haven't found much in the way of Official video lessons other than kits for teachers. 🤔Currently using the big lesson PDF from Freenove (the company behind the <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microbit</a> + extras kit we bought).

Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)One of my sons received a <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/MicroBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroBit</a> for his birthday. It's a microcontroller kit similar to <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arduino</a>, but a bit more kid/student friendly. With input buttons & an LED matrix display & various sensors right on the board. Very cool. He can program it with a Scratch-style visual block language (or JS or Python).<a href="https://phpc.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEM</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Circuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Circuits</a>

iotarSpent most of this morning bricolaging* a cradle for the BBC Microbit (red-LED device top left) so that it hangs from the top bar of the Z correctly. These are the important things to get right while maintaining yr monogram.* I am an English teacher and if I say that "to bricolage" is a verb, it's a fucking verb.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I've had more than one micro:bit board button fail when the solder joint broke loose.It also looks like only the bottom leg is connected electrically so if that one comes loose you've got no button.(Well, you can press it *really* hard to force it to make contact.)Easy to fix with a dab of solder for those who can solder but still a bit annoying.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stem</a>

Luciano RamalhoI used a micro:bit to build a speed monitor for H0-scale model trains. It's programmed in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#micropython</a>.Today I wrote the calibration code, which gives instant feedback when aiming the lasers at the light sensors.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#python</a>

Rob 🤷‍♂️<a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/@villares" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@villares</a> Fun thing to do with things like the <a href="https://genart.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> too using things like the accelerometer and other inputs like light sensor and sound level.I did something for <a href="https://genart.social/tags/genuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genuary</a> using <a href="https://genart.social/tags/Processing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Processing</a> and sound levels a couple of years ago I think. There are a couple of prompts for 2025 that might be fun to control with hardware.

Chris HuffeeAssembled pcb for a microbit aeroplane project. As much experimenting with pcbs as 3d construction material as anything else at this stage, until I actually get the planes flying. It's been in my head for a good few years so nice to see it fitting together. <a href="https://does.social/tags/weeknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weeknotes</a> <a href="https://does.social/tags/jlcpcb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jlcpcb</a> <a href="https://does.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a>

Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)Any parents out there have experience with the <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/MicroBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroBit</a> vs <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arduino</a> for kids/pre-teens?My son saw a friend with a Microbit & was instantly interested... but I already have a few Arduinos lying around the house. Do you really program it with that <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Scratch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scratch</a> drag & drop block language? <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parenting</a>

Chris HuffeeFinal of a busy week of blue boxes of joy. A very much wip microbit project, in its flatpack form.Still a bit peeved that jlc consider my carefully crafted mechanicals board to be 11 separate circuits, and not a single, ingenious 3d board.<a href="https://does.social/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://does.social/tags/weeknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weeknotes</a>

iotarI only programmed some blinkenlights for the micro:bit, din I? (gif halo is a bit weird but kinda cool) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blinkenlights</a>

MCQN LtdBike PCB bonanza today! Just placed the order for: * New prototype My Bike's Got LED boards * More of the Microbit LED boards for kids workshops * The audio-level-shifter board for <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@amcewen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@amcewen</a>'s bike soundsystem<a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/weeknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weeknotes</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/ibal234" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibal234</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/WLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WLED</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/ibal249" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibal249</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/ibal250" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ibal250</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/Kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kicad</a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

iotarToday's charity shop find is a BBC micro:bit, a kind of educational computer gadget from 2016. There was a later version in 2020.One wire from the battery pack had been pulled out. Probably by someone who didn't read the handling instructions properly. Easily fixed and besides it can also be powered by USB. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a>

Julien M.<a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.autogeree.net/tag/education" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.autogeree.net/tag/physicalcomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhysicalComputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.autogeree.net/tag/microbit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroBit</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.autogeree.net/tag/python" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.autogeree.net/tag/scratch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scratch</a> <blockquote>The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that introduces you to how software and hardware work together and is designed to enable children to get engaged and creative with technology and coding </blockquote><a href="https://microbit.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://microbit.org</a> See also, advanced robots using the micro:bit: <a href="https://www.robot-advance.com/cat-micro-bit-247.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.robot-advance.com/cat-micro-bit-247.htm</a>

Dr. Carlotta A. Berry, PhDFlower∞Bots are low-cost open-source modular 3d printed robots flexible enough for novice to expert makers in <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/BlackInRobotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackInRobotics</a> Workshops on 10/13, 11/3, 11/10 <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/Adafruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adafruit</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/MicroBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroBit</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arduino</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/RaspberryPiPicoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaspberryPiPicoW</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/CircuitPlaygroundExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CircuitPlaygroundExpress</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/ElecFreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElecFreaks</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/BlackSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackSTEM</a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/WomenSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenSTEM</a> Robot included for only $35<a href="https://black-in-robotics.eventbrite.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://black-in-robotics.eventbrite.com/</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#microbit