Getting Started with the micro:bit: Coding and Making with the BBC’s Open Development Board

✍ Scribed by Wolfram Donat

• Publisher: Maker Media
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 192
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The micro:bit, a tiny computer being distributed by the BBC to students all over the UK, is now available for anyone to purchase and play with. Its small size and low power requirements make it an ideal project platform for hobbyists and makers. You don't have to be limited by the web-based programming solutions, however: the hardware on the board is deceptively powerful, and this book will teach you how to really harness the power of the micro:bit. You'll learn about sensors, Bluetooth communications, and embedded operating systems, and along the way you'll develop an understanding of the next big thing in computers: the Internet of Things.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Titlepage......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
About the Author......Page 12
Chapter 1: Introduction to the micro:bit......Page 13
Chapter 2: A Tour of the micro:bit......Page 27
Chapter 3: Programming Using MicroPython......Page 41
Chapter 4: Some Basic Projects......Page 57
Chapter 5: The mbed Operating System......Page 81
Chapter 6: Interfacing with the GPIO Pins......Page 103
Chapter 7: Using Bluetooth......Page 121
Chapter 8: Serial Bluetooth Communication and the micro:bot......Page 137
Appendix A: The Story of the BBC micro:bit......Page 157
Appendix B: Other Programming Environments......Page 165
Index......Page 183