Plant Monitoring

Plant Monitoring

Plant Monitoring Don’t let your plants wither and die! Keep track of when to water your plants with a moisture sensor. (We promise your plant probably won’t end up looking like the one in the example photos below.) Step 0 – Pre-build Overview In this...
Intruder Detection

Intruder Detection

Intruder Detection Are your friends constantly sneaking into your dorm room to eat your snacks? You need better friends! Wait, no, you need this intruder detection micro:bit project! This tutorial was contributed by Luo Beiyu from the National University of Singapore....
Fish Feeder

Fish Feeder

Fish Feeder Tired of feeding your fish by hand? Here’s the micro:bit project for you! You’ll learn how to use the ADKeyboard and servo to feed your fish. We won’t take any responsibility for humanity evolving into those folks you see in Wall•E,...
Getting Started with your micro:bit

Getting Started with your micro:bit

Getting started with micro:bit Step 1: Plug it in. Step 2: MAKE EVERYTHING DO EVERYTHING Goals Get to know the micro:bit Make something with the micro:bit See what the micro:bit can do with other components Dream up more things to make with the micro:bit and other...
Introducing the micro:bit Breakout Board

Introducing the micro:bit Breakout Board

Micro:bit Breakout Board Getting started with the Tinkercademy Micro:bit Breakout Board. Connect stuff! Make stuff! Stuff! About the Breakout Board and Tinker Kit We made the Tinkercademy Micro:bit Breakout Board, in collaboration with ScienceScope UK (an original...
Simple Alarm Machine

Simple Alarm Machine

Simple Alarm Machine For your simple anti-thievery needs!Please don’t actually use this as an anti-theft device, unless you’re protecting against small children. In which case, you should try counselling… but we don’t have a micro:bit project...
Make a Motion Detector

Make a Motion Detector

Make a Motion Detector Don’t like people sneaking up on you? Not a fan of humidity? Enjoy sounds? What a happy coincidence, because boy do we have an oddly specific and mildly contrived micro:bit project for you! In this project, we’ll learn how to use the...
Make A Micro:bit Car

Make A Micro:bit Car

Make A Micro:bit Car Make your very own self-driving micro:bit car! (Disclaimer: It’s only “self-driving” inasmuch as a ball rolling down a hill is “self-rolling”.) Goals For this project, we’re going to use the Micro:bit, Breakout...
Make a Music Machine

Make a Music Machine

Make a Music Machine Use the 5-button ADKeyboard to make some sweet, sweet… 5-note music. On a buzzer. GoalsGet to know the ADKeyboardMake something with ADKeyboardMake something with Mini Buzzer Materials1 x BBC micro:bit 1 x Micro USB cable 1 x Breakout board...