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Let's light some LEDs!
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This mini eBook is adapted fromHYPERDUINO IDEAS
by
Dr. Nancy Smith
and
Aunt Goodiebags
Let's light one LED!
You will need these pieces from your kit:
MakerBit Board
BBC Micro:Bit
9 volt battery
and connecting clip
and connecting clip
1 Easy-connect cable
with pre-attached LEDs
(Red or Blue LEDs)
Ribbon cable with
BLACK connector
with pre-attached LEDs
(Red or Blue LEDs)
Ribbon cable with
BLACK connector
and a Touchpoint
1 Touch sensor easy-connect ribbon cable
with GRAY Connector
with GRAY Connector
The MakerBit
and BBC micro:bit
and BBC micro:bit
1. Insert the BBC micro:bit
into the MakerBit.
into the MakerBit.
The side with the TWO tiny buttons faces UP. The BBC micro:bit slides part way into the MakerBit. Most of the micro:bit will be sticking out of the MakerBit. Part of the five holes on the BBC micro:bit will show.
The Cables and Boxes
Note the little bump on the cable connectors on the multi-color ribbon cables.
This is the GRAY connector.
There is also a bump on the BLACK connector.
This is the GRAY connector.
There is also a bump on the BLACK connector.
The boxes have a slot.
The bump on the cable connectors fit into the slot in the boxes.
The bump on the cable connectors fit into the slot in the boxes.
NOTE: The WHITE box is labeled "TOUCH" and the BLACK boxes are LEDs 11-16 and LEDs 5-10.
We will be using the TOUCH and LEDs 5-10 boxes right now.