Name Tag - Micro:Bit

by Aidan-Corrales in Circuits > Electronics

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Name Tag - Micro:Bit

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For this tutorial, you will print your name or whatever you want to the microbit. That's pretty much it, very simple.

Supplies

-Microbit

-Battery

-USB cable

-Computer

Create a New Project

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Name it "Name Tag.

Display to Screen

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In the Basic category, drag a "show string" into the forever block. Inside the slot where it says "hello", change it to your name, or type whatever you would like.

Plug In

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Use micro usb cable to connect the microbit to your computer

Download to Microbit

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Click the download button on bottom left of the screen.Open the downloaded file in the folder, and drag it to "MICROBIT".

Plug in Battery

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Unplug microbit from computer and plug in the battery.

Finish!

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Your name, or message, should now be displaying to the microbit. Good Job!

Optional: Text Version

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If you would like, you can read over this code. It is the exact same as the blocks you just did but in text version.

Here Are Video Instructions If You Prefer That! :)

Microbit - Name Tag