PC-Microbit

Index:

Introduction

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. PC-Microbit
  • 1.2. Home pages:
  • 1.3. Online microbit coding:
  • 1.4. Key microbit references:
  • 1.5. Microbit software using micropython:
  • 1.6. Micropython simulator:
  • 1.7. Blocky code simulator:
  • 1.8. Out of Box hex file v2
  • 1.9. Firmware
  • 1.10. Sleep, Power off, wake
  • 1.11. Useful sites:
  • 1.12. Python references:
  • 1.13. Micropython differences with Python
• 2. Micropython editor
  • 2.1. Saving python files
  • 2.2. Opening python files
  • 2.3. Uploading modules to the microbit
• 3. EXT: First Use V2
  • 3.1. Firmware
  • 3.2. Out of Box hex file v2
• 4. EXT: Power Management V2
  • 4.1. Sleep, Power off, wake
  • 4.2. Sleep
  • 4.3. Power off
  • 4.4. Wake
  • 4.5. Power module
  • 4.6. Power down the microbit
  • 4.7. Power off
  • 4.8. Deep Sleep
  • 4.9. Deep sleep wake via run_every
• 5. EXT: Mu editor
  • 5.1. Installing at school
  • 5.2. First use
  • 5.3. Keyboard shortcuts
  • 5.4. Fixing indenting quickly
  • 5.5. Mu editor Errors
  • 5.6. Downloads

Lessons_1

• 1. Microbit library
  • 1.1. Import the microbit library
  • 1.2. Blank Lines
  • 1.3. Micropython API
• 2. while True loops
  • 2.1. While true
• 3. Scroll text
  • 3.1. Display.scroll simple version
  • 3.2. Display.scroll with delay
  • 3.3. scroll at different speeds
  • 3.4. Display.scroll using variables
• 4. EXT: Scroll text
  • 4.1. display.scroll full syntax
• 5. Show text
  • 5.1. display.show simple version
  • 5.2. Display.clear
  • 5.3. display.show with clear
  • 5.4. display.show with delay
  • 5.5. Show at different speeds
  • 5.6. display.show using variables
• 6. EXT: Show text
  • 6.1. display.show full syntax
• 7. Sleep
  • sleep()
• 8. Built-in images
  • 8.1. Display.show a built-in Image
  • 8.2. Flashing an Image
  • 8.3. Display.show a list of images
  • 8.4. Image lists
  • 8.5. Built-in Image lists
  • 8.6. Image sentences
• 9. EXT: Using built-in images
  • 9.1. All Images
  • 9.2. Random times for flashing an image
  • 9.3. Random images
  • 9.4. Image sentences using “mixed” lists
• 10. Buttons and selection
  • 10.1. Button is pressed
  • 10.2. Button was pressed
  • 10.3. Selection
  • 10.4. if
  • 10.5. if - else
  • 10.6. if - elif
  • 10.7. If - elif - else
  • 10.8. If - elif - elif - else via logical and
• 11. EXT: Buttons and selection
  • 11.1. Changing values with A and B-buttons
• 12. EXT: while-loops
  • 12.1. Events as conditions
  • 12.2. Counters
  • 12.3. Counting up
  • 12.4. Counting down
  • 12.5. Step size
• 13. for-loops
  • 13.1. for-loops with strings
  • 13.2. for-loops with lists
  • 13.3. Conditions within for-loops with lists
• 14. EXT: for-loops
  • 14.1. Using if to test strings within for-loops
  • 14.2. for-loops with mixed lists
  • 14.3. Nested for-loops
• 15. for-loops using the range function
  • 15.1. Range function starting at 0
  • 15.2. Range function with start and stop values
  • 15.3. Range function with a step size
  • 15.4. Using range to count down with a negative step size
• 16. EXT: nested for-loops using the range function
  • 16.1. Set pixels
  • 16.2. Using pixels in nested for-loops
  • 16.3. Advanced: nested for-loops with range function

Lessons_1_Practice

• 1. Practice tasks 1 Questions
• 2. Practice tasks 1 Answers

BreadBoards

• 1. Breadboard connections
  • 1.1. Rows
  • 1.2. Columns
  • 1.3. Rails
  • 1.4. Jumpers
• 2. Edge Connector
  • 2.1. Connecting the microbit to the edge connector
• 3. Motor with transistor
  • 3.1. Connections
  • 3.2. Model
  • 3.3. Write digital
  • 3.4. Turn on and off pin0
  • 3.5. Write analog
• 4. LEDs with resistors
  • 4.1. Connections
  • 4.2. Model
  • 4.3. Write digital
  • 4.4. Turn on and off pin0
  • 4.5. Blink All
  • 4.6. Blink using for i in range
  • 4.7. Write analog
• 5. Potentiometer
  • 5.1. Model
  • 5.2. Read analog
  • 5.3. Advanced: Power meter simulation
• 6. Potentiometer with LED
  • 6.1. Connections
  • 6.2. Model
  • 6.3. Read and Write analog
• 7. Piezo Buzzer and music
  • 7.1. Connections
  • 7.2. Model
  • 7.3. Library
  • 7.4. Volume V2
  • 7.5. Speaker V2
  • 7.6. Tuple unpacking for advanced users
  • 7.7. Notes
  • 7.8. Scales
  • 7.9. Built in music
  • 7.10. All Built in melodies
  • 7.11. Sound effects using pitch
  • 7.12. Note frequencies
  • 7.13. Custom tunes

BreadBoard_projects

• 1. Combined models
  • 1.1. Tasks

Definition_blocks

• 1. Simple Functions for the microbit
  • 1.1. Functions without parameters
• 2. Functions for the microbit
  • 2.1. Functions with parameters
  • 2.2. Functions with default parameters
  • 2.3. Order with named parameters
  • 2.4. Parameter order: positional before default
  • 2.5. Functions returning information
  • 2.6. Allowing for a variable number of arguments
  • 2.7. Spy codes
• 3. Organising with selection and definitions
  • 3.1. Definitions
  • 3.2. Organising blocks into definitions
• 4. Models using definitions
  • 4.1. Moving code to definitions
  • 4.2. Building on each definition
  • 4.3. Better names for definitions
  • 4.4. Scaffold for Tasks
• 5. Combined iteration using zip
  • 5.1. zip 2 lists
  • 5.2. zip 3 lists

Errors

• 1. Types of Errors
  • 1.1. Checking for errors
• 2. Library Errors
  • 2.1. Missing asterisk
  • 2.2. Missing space before asterisk
  • 2.3. Misspelt library
  • 2.4. Imported library not used
• 3. Indentation Errors
  • 3.1. Missing Indentation after if statement
  • 3.2. else statement indented by mistake
  • 3.3. for-loop not indented
• 4. Missing colon Errors
  • 4.1. If: Missing colon
  • 4.2. Elif: Missing colon
  • 4.3. Else: Missing colon
  • 4.4. While: Missing colon
  • 4.5. For: Missing colon
• 5. Variable Errors
  • 5.1. Variable used which has no value
• 6. Whitespace Errors
  • 6.1. Whitespace before parentheses in button method: Error
  • 6.2. Whitespace in parentheses: Error
• 7. Whitespace Non-Errors
  • 7.1. Proper use of Whitespace improves readability
  • 7.2. Whitespace before parentheses: No Error
  • 7.3. Whitespace around equals in an argument: no Error
  • 7.4. Whitespace before colon: no Error
  • 7.5. Whitespace after keyword: no Error
  • 7.6. Whitespace missing arouns equals operator: no Error
• 8. Other Errors

Sound

• 1. Music
  • 1.1. Speaker V2
  • 1.2. Music Library
  • 1.3. Play music
  • 1.4. Notes
  • 1.5. Tempo
  • 1.6. Volume V2
  • 1.7. Stop background music
  • 1.8. Other music methods
  • 1.9. Scales
  • 1.10. Custom tunes
• 2. Music built in melodies
  • 2.1. Built in music
  • 2.2. All Built in melodies
• 3. Music_advanced
  • 3.1. Christmas tunes
  • 3.2. Christmas tunes
  • 3.3. Random notes Task
  • 3.4. Scales generator
  • 3.5. Accelerometer based notes
• 4. Music pitch
  • 4.1. Sound effects using pitch
  • 4.2. Note frequencies
  • 4.3. Accelerometer based pitches
• 5. Audio
  • 5.1. Audio Library
  • 5.2. main controls
• 6. Audio: built in sounds V2
  • 6.1. Expressive sounds V2
  • 6.2. All Built in sounds
  • 6.3. Sound name with sound
  • 6.4. Built in sounds and images
• 7. Audio: SoundEffects V2
  • 7.1. Sound Effect Syntax
  • 7.2. Vary frequencies
  • 7.3. Vary the waveform
  • 7.4. microbit scale function
  • 7.5. Vary the fx
  • 7.6. Copying sound effects
  • 7.7. Custom sound effects
  • 7.8. Transferring Sound Effects
• 8. Audio: AudioFrames
  • 8.1. AudioFrames
  • 8.2. Example AudioFrame
  • 8.3. Generators to avoid memory limits
  • 8.4. Common AudioFrame structures
  • 8.5. Yield from and yield in Generators
  • 8.6. More complex AudioFrames

Sensors

• 1. Compass syntax
  • 1.1. Main Functions
  • 1.2. Other Functions
• 2. Compass Directions
  • 2.1. Compass Readings
  • 2.2. Compass Pointer
• 3. Thermometer
  • 3.1. Temperature Function
• 4. Accelerometer syntax
  • 4.1. Gesture Functions
  • 4.2. Acceleration Functions
• 5. Gestures
  • 5.1. current_gesture
  • 5.2. is_gesture
  • 5.3. is_gesture counts
  • 5.4. was_gesture
  • 5.5. was_gesture counts
  • 5.6. shake step counter
  • 5.7. tilt sideways counter
  • 5.8. get_gestures()
• 6. Movement
  • 6.1. Accelerometer
  • 6.2. Spirit level

Images

• 1. Built-in images
  • 1.1. Display.show a built-in Image
  • 1.2. Flashing Image
  • 1.3. Random times for flashing an image
  • 1.4. Display.show a list of images
  • 1.5. Image lists
  • 1.6. Built-in Image lists
  • 1.7. Image sentences
  • 1.8. Image sentences using “mixed” lists
  • 1.9. All Images
• 2. Built-in images advanced
  • 2.1. Advanced use of Built-in Image lists
  • 2.2. Enumerate to show the clock time
• 3. Image strings
  • 3.1. Show image
  • 3.2. Image strings
  • 3.3. Image strings: Multiplication of a line
  • 3.4. Image strings: line by line
  • 3.5. Boat sinking animation
  • 3.6. Rotating line animation
  • 3.7. Image gradients using string definitions
• 4. Heart beat simulation
  • 4.1. Pin touching
  • 4.2. Pulse design
  • 4.3. Using a function to calculate the delay for a Heart rate
• 5. Setting pixels
  • 5.1. Set pixel
  • 5.2. Pixel rows and columns
  • 5.3. Pixel rows and columns lists
• 6. Random pixels
  • 6.1. Random pixel and random brightness
  • 6.2. Random pixel randint
  • 6.3. Tuple unpacking using an asterisk in a function call
  • 6.4. Tuple unpacking in multiple assignment
  • 6.5. Random pixel randrange(stop)
  • 6.6. Random pixel randrange(start, stop)
  • 6.7. Random pixel randrange(start, stop, step)
  • 6.8. Random pixel random.choice
  • 6.9. Random Pixel rows and columns
  • 6.10. Random Pixels
  • 6.11. Random Pixels choice Pixel rows and columns lists
  • 6.12. get_pixel and set_pixel
• 7. Image arithmetic
  • 7.1. Image()
  • 7.2. Fill
  • 7.3. Invert
  • 7.4. Image of a single string character
  • 7.5. Adding Image pixels
  • 7.6. Subtracting Image pixels
  • 7.7. Multiplying and dividing Image pixels
  • 7.8. Pulsing HEART
  • 7.9. List comprehension for a series of images
  • 7.10. Pulsing Images
• 8. Byte array images
  • 8.1. bytearray with integer list
  • 8.2. Uniform images using List multiplication
  • 8.3. bytearray gradients using List multiplication
  • 8.4. bytearray irregular patterns using List multiplication and concatenation
  • 8.5. Integer-list-producing definitions for bytearray
  • 8.6. Random-integer-producing definitions for bytearray
  • 8.7. List comprehension for bytearray images
  • 8.8. List comprehension with alternatives for bytearray images
• 9. Moving images
  • Image
  • 9.1. Shift left and right
  • 9.2. Shift up and down
  • 9.3. Shifting vertically and horizontally
  • 9.4. Shifting combined
  • 9.5. Cropping images
  • 9.6. Cropping images and repositioning with blit
  • 9.7. Repositioning a 3by3 image via accelerometer
  • 9.8. Filling images and repositioning with blit
• 10. Oversize Byte array images
  • 10.1. Wide array
  • 10.2. Tall array
• 11. Flip and Rotate images
  • 11.1. Useful Syntax
  • 11.2. Pixels from repr
  • 11.3. Brightness array
  • 11.4. Next steps
  • 11.5. Flipping horizontally
  • 11.6. List comprehension for get_imgarr_flip_hor
  • 11.7. Flipping vertically
  • 11.8. Flipping a list of images
  • 11.9. Rotating 270 degrees
  • 11.10. Rotating 90 degrees clockwise
  • 11.11. Rotating 180 degrees
  • 11.12. Rotating image animation
  • 11.13. Rotating a list of images
• 12. Image masks
  • 12.1. Masks
  • 12.2. Example Masks
  • 12.3. Mask loops
• 13. Flame simulation
  • 13.1. The Flame simulation
• 14. Pixel Class
  • 14.1. Pixel animation using classes
  • 14.2. Pixel Classes using accelerometer
• 15. Screen Class
• 16. Other image methods
  • 16.1. Other methods

Radio

• 1. Radio syntax
  • 1.1. Radio Module
  • 1.2. Radio On and Off
  • 1.3. Radio settings
• 2. Radio examples
  • 2.1. Send on button pressing
  • 2.2. Send random number on button pressing
  • 2.3. Send on tilting
• 3. Radio secrets
  • 3.1. Unique groups
  • 3.2. Caesar cipher
  • 3.3. Caesar cipher 2
• 4. Radio advanced examples
  • 4.1. Firefly
  • 4.2. Send Drawn Image

Challenges

• 1. Number chooser
  • 1.1. Number chooser: simple version
  • 1.2. Number chooser: by function
• 2. Letter chooser
  • 2.1. Letter chooser: simple version
  • 2.2. Letter chooser: by function
• 3. Guess the number
  • 3.1. Random integer
  • 3.2. Select number
  • 3.3. Check the guess
  • 3.4. Guess the number version 1
  • 3.5. New versions:
  • 3.6. Guess the number version 2
  • 3.7. Guess the number version 3
  • 3.8. Guess the number version 4
  • 3.9. Guess the number extension ideas
• 4. Words
  • 4.1. Chr Syntax
  • 4.2. Producing character lists via list comprehension
  • 4.3. Code design

Classes

• 1. Classes for the microbit
  • 1.1. Classes
  • 1.2. Example code using classes for LED control
• 2. Potentiometer Class
• 3. Pixel Class
  • 3.1. Pixel animation using classes
  • 3.2. Pixel Classes using accelerometer
• 4. Screen Class challenge

Extra microbit

• 1. Modules
  • 1.1. Module list
• 2. builtins
  • 2.1. abs
  • 2.2. all
  • 2.3. any
  • 2.4. bin
  • 2.5. bool
  • 2.6. bytearray
  • 2.7. bytes
  • 2.8. callable
  • 2.9. chr
  • 2.10. classmethod
  • 2.11. complex
  • 2.12. delattr
  • 2.13. dict
  • 2.14. dir
  • 2.15. divmod
  • 2.16. Ellipsis
  • 2.17. enumerate
  • 2.18. eval
  • 2.19. exec
  • 2.20. filter
  • 2.21. float
  • 2.22. format
  • 2.23. getattr
  • 2.24. globals
  • 2.25. hasattr
  • 2.26. hash
  • 2.27. help
  • 2.28. hex
  • 2.29. id
  • 2.30. input
  • 2.31. int
  • 2.32. isinstance
  • 2.33. issubclass
  • 2.34. iter
  • 2.35. len
  • 2.36. list
  • 2.37. locals
  • 2.38. map
  • 2.39. max
  • 2.40. memoryview
  • 2.41. min
  • 2.42. next
  • 2.43. object
  • 2.44. oct
  • 2.45. open
  • 2.46. ord
  • 2.47. pow
  • 2.48. print
  • 2.49. property
  • 2.50. range
  • 2.51. repr
  • 2.52. reversed
  • 2.53. round
  • 2.54. set
  • 2.55. setattr
  • 2.56. slice
  • 2.57. sorted
  • 2.58. staticmethod
  • 2.59. str
  • 2.60. sum
  • 2.61. super
  • 2.62. tuple
  • 2.63. type
  • 2.64. zip
  • 2.65. Exceptions
• 3. os module
  • 3.1. listdir
  • 3.2. remove
  • 3.3. size
  • 3.4. uname
  • 3.5. Micropython version
• 4. machine module
  • 4.1. time_pulse_us
• 5. gc module
  • gc.enable()
  • gc.disable()
  • gc.isenabled()
  • gc.collect()
  • gc.mem_alloc()
  • gc.mem_free()
  • gc.threshold()
• 6. antigravity love this modules
  • 6.1. antigravity
  • 6.2. love
  • 6.3. this
• 7. usys modules
  • usys.version_info()
  • usys.version()
  • usys.platform()
  • usys.implementation()
  • usys.maxsize()
  • usys.modules()
  • usys.path()
  • usys.byteorder()
  • usys.argv()
• 8. utime
  • 8.1. sleep
  • 8.2. ticks
  • 8.3. ticks_add
  • 8.4. ticks_diff
• 9. urandom
  • 9.1. Functions for integers
  • 9.2. Functions for floats
  • 9.3. choice
  • 9.4. seed
  • 9.5. Shuffle alternative
• 10. uarray
  • 10.1. arrays
  • 10.2. Integer array
  • 10.3. Append
  • 10.4. Extend
  • 10.5. Decimals
• 11. ucollections
  • 11.1. ucollections.namedtuple
  • 11.2. ucollections.OrderedDict