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

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804610121

Length 292 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Micro:bit

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Authors (3):

Sandeep Saini

Ashwin Pajankar

Abhishek Sharma

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

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

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Using offline IDEs for MicroPython

Python programs can also be written and executed with the help of specialized software known as IDEs. The reference implementation of Python (CPython) comes with an IDE known as IDLE. The following is a screenshot of IDLE in action (Figure 2.12) on a Windows computer:

Figure 2.12 – IDLE in action

There is no doubt that IDLE has a great interface. However, it works with CPython and not with MicroPython. We have already seen how we can work with web editors for MicroPython. In this section, we will explore a few desktop IDEs for MicroPython.

The Thonny Python IDE

Let’s go over how to install and use the Thonny Python IDE. We can visit https://thonny.org/ for the installation files. In the top-right corner of the page, we have options for Windows, macOS, and commands for installation on distributions of Linux. Thonny comes bundled with a Python interpreter of its own. It may not conform to the latest CPython...

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