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Explore in Your Classroom: Touch Pad + Buttons

24 Oct, 2023
 In this activity, you will create a stopwatch using the buttons and touch sensor on the Micro:bit. Find… [Read more]
pitch and roll block code makecode

Explore in Your Classroom: Accelerometers

24 Oct, 2023
 Remember learning about pitch, roll, and yaw… [Read more]
microbit and compass displaying north

Explore in Your Classroom: Compasses

24 Oct, 2023
 This compass activity shows all four directions of the compass, building on the previous activity that only showed when… [Read more]
microbit temperature display

Explore in Your Classroom: Temperature + Light Sensors

24 Oct, 2023
 You can use Environment… [Read more]
microbit temperature display

Temperature Sensor: Sensors on a Micro:bit

12 Oct, 2023
 The Micro:bit is equipped with a temperature sensor, an internal sensor that measures the air temperature. For more information about your Micro:bit's temperature sensor,… [Read more]
microbit and compass displaying north

Compass: Sensors on a Micro:bit

12 Oct, 2023
 The Micro:bit is equipped with a compass, an internal sensor that detects the direction it is facing. For more information about your Micro:bit's compass, click… [Read more]
light sensor microbit with sun

Light Sensor: Sensors on a Micro:bit

11 Oct, 2023
 The Micro:bit is equipped with a light sensor, a sensor that measures the amount of light. For more information about your Micro:bit's light sensor,… [Read more]

Accelerometer: Sensors on a Micro:bit

11 Oct, 2023
 The Micro:bit is equipped with an accelerometer, a sensor that can measure movement when you tilt it up and down or side to side. For… [Read more]

Touch Pad + Buttons: Inputs on a Micro:bit

6 Oct, 2023
 The Micro:bit has 3 inputs- an A button, B button, and a touch pad. The touch pad works similarly to the touch screen… [Read more]

Overview: Sensors on a Micro:bit

20 Sep, 2023
 The Micro:bit is a microcontroller with several built-in sensors. To get an overview of the Micro:bit and… [Read more]

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