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BBC Micro:bit in Practice

You're reading from   BBC Micro:bit in Practice A hands-on guide to building creative real-life projects with MicroPython and the BBC Micro:bit

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610121
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sandeep Saini Sandeep Saini
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Ashwin Pajankar Ashwin Pajankar
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Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with the BBC Micro:bit
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the BBC Micro:bit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Micro:bit and Using Code Editors 4. Chapter 3: Python Programming Essentials 5. Chapter 4: Advanced Python 6. Part 2: Programming Hardware with MicroPython
7. Chapter 5: Built-in LED Matrix Display and Push Buttons 8. Chapter 6: Interfacing External LEDs 9. Chapter 7: Programming External Push Buttons, Buzzers, and Stepper Motors 10. Part 3: Filesystems and Programming Analog I/O
11. Chapter 8: Exploring the Filesystem 12. Chapter 9: Working with Analog Input and PWM 13. Part 4: Advanced Hardware Interfacing and Applications
14. Chapter 10: Working with Acceleration and Direction 15. Chapter 11: Working with NeoPixels and a MAX7219 Display 16. Chapter 12: Producing Music and Speech 17. Chapter 13: Networking and Radio 18. Chapter 14: Advanced Features of the Micro:bit 19. Chapter 15: Wearable Computing and More Programming Environments 20. Index 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “This is because the str1 and pi variables are not of the same data type.”

A block of code is set as follows:

>>> print("This is a test string)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

PS C:\Users\Ashwin> ufs ls
mylib.py main.py test.txt

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.”

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