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Getting Started with the Waveshare TFT Screen for micro:bit (MakeCode)

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Getting Started with the Waveshare TFT Screen for micro:bit (MakeCode)

The Waveshare colour display for the BBC micro:bit allows you add a 160x128 pixel display by inserting the micro:bit into the edge connector. You can then start programming straight away without the need to double-check alligator clips or wires. You can still use the on-board buttons, bluetooth, and LED matrix on the micro:bit. This code uses MakeCode on the v2.x micro:bit.

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Use MakeCode to Program the micro:bit with a TCS34725 Colour Sensor

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Use MakeCode to Program the micro:bit with a TCS34725 Colour Sensor

This tutorial shows how to program the TCS34725 sensor which can be found in the Pimoroni Enviro:bit, Adafruit RGB and Flora sensor boards. These sensor boards all use the I2C ('eye squared see') protocol to communicate - this leaves lots of pins free on your micro:bit for controlling servo motors, LEDs, and even other I2C devices so you can build larger projects e.g., colour sorting machines, or robots. In this project, you will learn: how to set up the set up the Adafruit TCS34725 sensor with the micro:bit v2.x and makecode You will need: a micro:bit v2.x a Kitronik edge...

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STOP:bit MicroPython Tutorial: Two Traffic Lights

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STOP:bit MicroPython Tutorial: Two Traffic Lights

Program a pair of traffic lights to work in tandem using the Kitronik STOP:bit and micro:bits. 

 In this project, you will learn to:

  • Write a state table to represent the different changes between two traffic lights.

  • How to reuse our function to save time, and keep our code readable.

  • Send our light changes to another STOP:bit over radio, and write code to match our state table.

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STOP:bit MicroPython Tutorial - Single Traffic Light

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STOP:bit MicroPython Tutorial - Single Traffic Light

Use microbit Python to program a single traffic light

In this project, you will learn to:

  • Write a function to turn on individual Traffic Light LEDs

  • Call the function in your main loop

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Program micro:bit traffic light sequences in Python with these STOP:bit tutorials

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Program micro:bit traffic light sequences in Python with these STOP:bit tutorials

Check out these tutorials for the Kitronik STOP:bit and the BBC micro:bit! Learn to code a state table by starting with one traffic light and progressing to two traffic lights in an intersection.

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