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WELCOME TO

ROBOTIC

INVENTIONS

ONBOARDING

Assemble the Strawbees Robotics
Board for the micro:bit.
Use a battery to power the micro:bit.
Use motors with the Robotics Board
and the micro:bit.
Connect the micro:bit to Strawbees
structures.
Installing and Getting Started with the
Strawbees MakeCode extension.
Use the micro:bit Coding cards.

You will learn how to:

You will need:

A computer with MacOS 10.6 or Windows

7 or newer, or a smart phone or tablet

Internet connection

BBC micro:bit

Servo motor, arm, mount

and screwdriver

Robotics Board

for micro:bit

USB cable

micro:bit Clip

3 x AAA Batteries

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Summary of Contents for micro:bit

Page 1: ...ONBOARDING ROBOTIC INVENTIONS for the micro bit For activities lesson plans and support material please go to L E A R N I N G P L AT F O R M learning strawbees com Strawbees AB All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...t the micro bit to Strawbees structures Installing and Getting Started with the Strawbees MakeCode extension Use the micro bit Coding cards You will learn how to You will need A computer with MacOS 10 6 or Windows 7 or newer or a smart phone or tablet Internet connection BBC micro bit Servo motor arm mount and screwdriver Robotics Board for micro bit USB cable micro bit Clip 3 x AAA Batteries ...

Page 3: ...ve power to the Robotics board Strawbees Robotics Board for the micro bit with 3 AAA batteries Servo motors micro bit Build in RGB LEDs Strawbees Robotics board for the micro bit micro bit powered by USB This means that if you power the micro bit from the USB cable that will not automatically give the motors power The motors always need the Robotics Board have batteries and the power switch to ON ...

Page 4: ...e batteries like this Switch ON the power to test the batteries 3 It s good practice to switch the power OFF when adding or removing motors Also when plugging and unplugging the board The green LED should light up if the batteries work Batteries Power ...

Page 5: ...INSERTING THE MICRO BIT Slide the micro bit to the Robotics board like this 1 2 Insert board ...

Page 6: ...HOW TO ATTACH SERVO MOUNTS AND ARM 1 2 Servo Motor ...

Page 7: ...It s possible to connect up to 3 servo motors at a time CONNECTING THE MOTOR Make sure the the black cable is aligned with this marked arrow Servo Motor ...

Page 8: ...E CLIP Snap on to the Robotics board or onto the micro bit itself Connect Clip to straws The Clip makes it possible to connect the Robotics board or just the micro bit to a Strawbees construction 1 2 OR Clip ...

Page 9: ...RGB LEDs There are 2 RGB LEDs on the board and you can program them using the MakeCode editor RGB LED ...

Page 10: ...KECODE MakeCode is a way to program your micro bit directly from the browser It has support for the Robotics Board You can open the MakeCode editor by going to makecode microbit org and click New Project Makecode ...

Page 11: ...d with make code you should add the Strawbees Extension to your project like this Click Extensions under Settings 1 Type in Strawbees in the Search bar press enter and click on robotic inventions 2 Strawbees will now appear with your MakeCode editor 3 Makecode ...

Page 12: ...TED WITH MAKECODE If you have never used Makecode before we suggest that you become familiar with the basics before moving on to program with the Robotics Board Best places to get started are Tutorials section on https makecode microbit org 2 Makecode ...

Page 13: ... You can find the coding cards on Strawbees Learning and at the Robotic Inventions Makecode learn more page WHAT ARE CODING CARDS BLINK YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org RGB LED A white 1000 A black 1000 pause ms set RGB LED to pause ms set RGB LED to forever STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit https learning strawbees com product microbit https makecode microbit org pkg strawbees pxt robotic inventions C...

Page 14: ...Coding cards are grouped by hardware in use WHAT ARE CODING CARDS CATEGORIES Button Press Radio Receiver Accelerometer Light Sensor Servo Motor RGB LED Radio Transmitter Coding cards ...

Page 15: ...HOW TO TWEAK CODING CARD BASIC CARD GRADUALLY CHANGE POSITION YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org SERVO MOTOR ARM MOUNTS STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit Basic card Coding cards ...

Page 16: ...Try different numbers Try different numbers Duplicate block and try different inputs HOW TO TWEAK CODING CARD Coding cards ...

Page 17: ...HOW TO COMBINE CARDS CODING CARD A CHANGE POSITION WHILE PRESSING BUTTON YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org SERVO MOTOR ARM MOUNTS STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit BUTTON Coding cards ...

Page 18: ...HOW TO COMBINE CARDS CODING CARD B CHANGE COLOR 10 TIMES YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org RGB LED STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit Coding cards ...

Page 19: ...SING BUTTON YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org SERVO MOTOR ARM MOUNTS STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit BUTTON CHANGE COLOR 10 TIMES YOU WILL NEED makecode microbit org RGB LED STRAWBEES BOARD micro bit CODING CARD A CODING CARD B How would you name this card Coding cards ...

Page 20: ... project Pair with a friend to program a complex project Assemble the Strawbees Robotics Board for the micro bit Use a battery to power the micro bit Use motors with the Robotics Board and the micro bit Connect the micro bit to Strawbees structures Installing and Getting Started with the Strawbees MakeCode extension Use the micro bit Coding cards Graduate ...

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