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Inthistopicyouwillexploretherangeofmethodsofinputthatthemicro:bithas,andthecommandsusedtocodetheseinputs.

Usethereferenceguideandhelpfeaturehoweachcommandworks.

UsingButtons

Onbuttonpressedcommand–TheseLabelledAandB.Whenpressedtheycanbeusedtoexecutemicrobit.

Task

Createaprogramwhereeachbuttongeneratesadifferentimage.Pressingbothbuttonstogetherisathirdinputeventandinthiscasegeneratestwoimagesthatalternatecreatingasimpleanimation.

Whenaninputisuseditcanbetestedinthesimulator.Byclickingonthatinput.

Trycombiningdifferentbasiccommandstodisplaydifferentinformationwhenthebuttonsarepressed.e.g.anintelligentbadge,Showingdetailslikeage,namemoodetc

DebugandDownloadtothemicro:bit.

LearningObjectivesUnderstandthatthemicro:bittakesinput,andafterprocessingtheinput,producesoutput.Learnthevarietyofdifferenttypesofinformationthemicro:bittakesinasinput.Applythisknowledgebycreatingamicro:bitprogramthattakesinputandproducesanoutput

ComputingConceptsIdentifyandtheinputdevicesavailableonthemicrobitandtheirfunctionUseavarietyofmicrobitcommandstoprocesstheinformationreceivedasinputUseavarietyofmicrobitinputeventhandlercommandstocreate‘realworld’solutions

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Writealistofinputsthatamicro:bithas.

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UsingOnShakecommand

Theaccelerometeronthemicro:bitwhichdetectschangesinthemicro:bit’smovement.TheOnshakecommandallowstheuseofthisinformation.

Task

Makingasimpledicerequirestheuseofavariable.

TocreateaVariableaccessthistutorial-https://makecode.microbit.org/blocks/variables

Youcodeshouldlooklikethis.

Testinthesimulatortousethesakefeature.Thendownloadtothemicro:bit

UsingOnPincommand-Asinputs,themicrobitPinsareabletodetectchangesincurrent.ThisisspreadbetweenthePinseither0,1,2andPinGND.Themicro:bitisabletodetectthechangeincurrentacrossthePinseventheextremelysmallamountyourbodycauseswhenthepinistouched.InthisexamplewhenPin0istouchedthemicrobitgeneratesanddisplaysarandomnumberbetween0and100.Task

CompletetheLoveMeterProjectTutorial–foundintheprojectsfolder.Thisisatutorial,followtheonscreendirections

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UsingtheLightlevelcommand.Thelightlevelcommandrequiresanothercommandtodosomethingwithit.e.g.shownumberorassignedtoavariable.

NoticethatwhenyouusetheLightlevelcommandthesimulatorasmallhalffilledcircleappears,byclickanddraggingtheborderbetweenthelightanddark,youcanvarytheamountofvirtuallight.thevaluenexttoitwilldisplayonthemicrobit.0equalsdarkand254equalsfulllightByassigningthelightlevelcommandtostoreitsvalueinavariableyoucangetmorecontrolofwhenandwherethereadingsaretaken.

TaskUsingthebuttonandavariableitispossibletomakeasimplelightmeterrecorder

UsingtheTemperaturecommand-ThisworksinasimilarwaytotheLightcommand.Itiseasierandmoreproductivetoassignthetemperaturevaluetoavariable.

TaskCreateaprogramthatautomaticallyconvertsthetemperaturereadingtofromcentigradetoFahrenheit.

Whereinyourschoolcurriculumcouldthesefeaturesbeusedandextended?

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Usingthemagnetometertocreateacompass.Likeananaloguecompassthesensordetecttheearth’smagneticfielditreturnavaluethatiscompassheading.Tomakesurethesensorworks

well.Itisadvisabletoaddacalibrationfunctiontothecode.ThiscanbedonebyassigningthecalibratecompassfunctiontoapressofbothA+B.

Againavariablehasbeenusedtoassignthecompassheadingandagainthemicrobitsimulatorwillshowavirtualheadingdialwhichcanbeusedtotestyourcode.TaskBuildamoreusefulcompassthatconvertstheheadingvalueintoadirection.Detailsforbuildingthiscompasscanbehere–https://makecode.microbit.org/lessons/compass

UsingtheaccelerationcommandThereisanaccelerometeronthemicro:bitwhichdetectschangesinthemicro:bit’smovement.It convertsanalogueinformationintoadigitalformthatcanbeusedinmicro:bitprograms.Outputisinmilli-g.Thedevicewillalsodetectasmallnumberofstandardactionse.g.shake,tiltandfree-fall.TaskExplorethereferencedocumentationherehttps://makecode.microbit.org/reference/input/accelerationUsethesebuttonstoseethecodeinactionFindoutwhattheydo.

Createthiscodeanddownloadittoamicro:bit.Carefully‘swing’themicro:bit.Whathappens?

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TrainerReflection

MakerActivitieshttps://make.techwillsaveus.com/bbc-microbit/activities/electro-fishinghttps://make.techwillsaveus.com/bbc-microbit/activities/shooting-hoopshttp://microbitgadgets.co.uk/microbit-projects/microbit-games/bbc-microbit-steady-hand-gameTablefootball-https://youtu.be/zqnDAzaKnvA

SmileyButton-https://makecode.microbit.org/projects/smiley-buttonsLovemeter-https://makecode.microbit.org/lessons/love-meter/activitySimpleThermometer-https://makecode.microbit.org/reference/input/temperature Compass-https://makecode.microbit.org/lessons/compass GlowingPedulum-https://makecode.microbit.org/lessons/glowing-pendulum

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