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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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Published in Dec 2022
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ISBN-13 9781804610121
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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

Summary

In this chapter, we explored the advanced features of the Python programming language. The final program was specific to MicroPython running on a Micro:bit. From the next chapter onward, all the code demonstrations will be specific to MicroPython running on a Micro:bit, and they will not run on any Python 3 implementation.

After completing this chapter, you will understand the power of the Python programming language. It is simple yet concise and powers devices such as the Micro:bit and other microcontrollers (such as the Raspberry Pi Pico W and ESP32) in the form of MicroPython. Anyone can learn to work with Python and MicroPython. The following is a photograph of my neighbors in my village working on a Micro:bit connected with NeoPixel Ring (we will fully explore this in Chapter 11, Working with NeoPixels and a MAX7219 Display) for their school project:

Figure 4.3 – Schoolkids working on a NeoPixel with a Micro:bit

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