A speech therapist wanted to implement the idea. The need to have the microbit 'hot pluggable' arose. This means that the system needs to cope with the microbit not being plugged in when it starts up as well as when the microbit to be plugged in. The...
The file called ubit_flash.hex needs to be dragged and dropped into the MICROBIT folder. This will program the board. If you are interested, the Micropython script that creates the .hex file is in ubit_flash.py. I put up all the code used in the project...
This connection should happen automatically with Windows 10. If you are using an earlier version of Windows, you will need to install the driver for the microbit. Detailed instructions on how to do this are on my blog post: https://www.seismicmatt.com/2020/04/27/connecting-the-bbc-microbit-to-windows-and-adding-code-to-it/...
I found a nice silicone cover for the microbit (a Kittenbot). Then I tried to stick it onto the smooth back of a communication device...I found some sticky back Velcro with extra sticky glue that seems to do the trick. The silicone is a hard thing to...
Code for the microbit and the communications device needs to be downloaded and installed. This all lives on the GitHub site listed in the resources section. The simplest thing to do is to download the entire repository as a single .zip file from the...