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Strawbees micro:bit Onboarding Manual

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ROBOTIC
INVENTIONS
micro:bit
for the
ONBOARDING
For activities, lesson plans and
support material please go to:
L E A R N I N G
l e a r n i n g . s t r a w b e e s . c o m
P L A T F O R M
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  • Page 1 L E A R N I N G l e a r n i n g . s t r a w b e e s . c o m P L A T F O R M © Strawbees AB. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: You Will Need

    Assemble the Strawbees Robotics Board for the micro:bit. Robotics Board BBC micro:bit micro:bit Clip • Use a battery to power the micro:bit. for micro:bit • Use motors with the Robotics Board and the micro:bit. • Connect the micro:bit to Strawbees structures.

  • Page 3: Batteries And Power

    Board for the micro:bit power to the Robotics board. with 3 AAA batteries micro:bit 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 Strawbees Robotics...
  • Page 4 Batteries INSERT BATTERIES AND POWER ON & Power Insert the Switch ON the power batteries like this: to test the batteries: The green LED should light up if the batteries work It’s good practice to switch the power OFF when adding or removing motors.
  • Page 5 Insert INSERTING THE MICRO:BIT board Slide the micro:bit to the Robotics board like this:...
  • Page 6 Servo HOW TO ATTACH SERVO Motor MOUNTS AND ARM...
  • Page 7 Servo CONNECTING THE MOTOR Motor It’s possible to connect up to 3 servo motors at a time. Make sure the the black cable is aligned with this marked arrow.
  • Page 8 Clip ADD THE CLIP The Clip makes it possible to connect the Robotics board or just the micro:bit to a Strawbees construction. Snap on to the Robotics board Connect Clip to straws or onto the micro:bit itself...
  • Page 9 RGB LEDs There are 2 RGB LEDs on the board and you can program them using the MakeCode editor.
  • Page 10 Makecode WHAT IS MAKECODE? 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 click New Project...
  • Page 11 Makecode INSTALLING THE STRAWBEES EXTENSION To use the Robotics Board with make code, you should add the Strawbees Extension to your project like this: Click Extensions under Type in Strawbees in the Search Strawbees will now Settings: bar, press enter and click on appear with your robotic-inventions.
  • Page 12 Makecode GETTING STARTED 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 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZegjmbyBUs8 https://makecode.microbit.org...
  • Page 13 RGB LED black You can nd the coding cards on pause (ms) 1000 Strawbees Learning and at the Robotic Inventions' Makecode "learn STRAWBEES BOARD more" page. micro:bit m a ke c o d e . m i c r o b i t . o r g https://learning.strawbees.com/product/microbit/...
  • Page 14 Coding WHAT ARE CODING CARDS CATEGORIES? cards Coding cards are grouped by hardware in use. Accelerometer Light Sensor Button Press Radio Receiver Servo Motor RGB LED Radio Transmitter...
  • Page 15 BASIC CARD GRADUALLY CHANGE POSITION Y OU WI L L N E E D STRAWBEES BOARD micro:bit SERVO MOTOR ARM & MOUNTS m a ke c o d e . m i c r o b i t . o r g...
  • Page 16 Coding HOW TO TWEAK CODING CARD: cards Try different numbers Try different numbers Duplicate block and try different inputs...
  • Page 17 HOW TO COMBINE CARDS cards CODING CARD CHANGE POSITION WHILE PRESSING BUTTON Y O U W IL L N E E D STRAWBEES BOARD micro:bit BUTTON SERVO MOTOR ARM & MOUNTS m a ke c o d e . m i c r o b i t . o r g...
  • Page 18 CODING CARD CHANGE COLOR 10 TIMES Y O U W IL L N E E D RGB LED STRAWBEES BOARD micro:bit m a ke c o d e . m i c r o b i t . o r g...
  • Page 19 A + B How would you name this card? CODING CARD A CHANGE POSITION WHILE PRESSING BUTTON Y OU WILL NEED STRAWBEES BOARD micro:bit BUTTON SERVO MOTOR ARM & MOUNTS m a ke c o d e . m i c r o b i t . o r g...

  • Page 20: Next Steps

    Assemble the Strawbees Robotics Board for the micro:bit. Pick an Activity from the Pair with a friend to • Use a battery to power the micro:bit. Learning Platform to build program a complex project • Use motors with the Robotics Board and the micro:bit.