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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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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

Melodies

Music is made of melodies. The Micro:bit library is designed with a rich collection of pre-loaded melodies. We can play a simple melody on the Micro:bit using the music module. The module contains 21 melodies. Some of the most popular ones are as follows:

music.DADADADUM
music.PRELUDE
music.RINGTONE
music.BIRTHDAY
music.WEDDING
music.BADDY
music.POWER_UP
music.POWER_DOWN

We can access the complete list using the dir(music) command. Connect your Micro:bit to your PC and run the following simple MicroPython code to play any of these melodies:

import music
music.play(music.BLUES)

We can play multiple melodies by pressing different buttons on the Micro:bit. In the following code, we are playing two different melodies by pressing buttons A and B on the Micro:bit. The following code will play the FUNK melody when button A is pressed and the DADADADUM melody when button B is pressed:

import music
from microbit import *
while True:
    if button_a...
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