01- micro:bit
The micro:bit is a powerful pocket computer that makes explaining the effects of code on our daily lives very more interesting, as we leave the computer as the sole code-carrying device, and venture into the world of hardware, such as traffic lights, cars, rockets, medical equipment and countless other devices.
The Micro:bit provides an introduction to the Internet of Things - IoT
The micro:bit will help us create clear and lasting connections between software and hardware.
The Boss of the System
In our activities the micro:bit will hold the Data and will send commands to the other devices we will be using. In a way, it will act as the brain of the operation, and it is here where our instructions (code) will be executed.
🍎Teacher's Corner - more micro:bit
micro:bits can be coded using a variety of tools and languages. For our example, we are defaulting to MakeCode as our code editor and block coding as our computer language. Feel free to use the tool and language that best suits your students.
These series of videos on YouTube are full of information regarding the micro:bit and its capabilities.
The micro:bit needs us to provide the required instructions or program to run. In the next section, we are checking out the right tool for this job, MakeCode.
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