Goal
Make a moving cardboard cat.
Give cat an action which you desire.
Hint: Follow the steps and pictures during your building process!
Materials
1 x ADKeypad
1 x Battery Pack
2 x Yellow LED
1 x Breakout Board
1 x micro:bit
1 x Mini Servo
Step 1 – Choose a cat
Find a cat image and stick over a cardboard for support.
Choose a cat personality of your choice. Happy, relaxed or friendly!
Step 2 – Connect electronic parts.
Connect the following on the breakout board
ADKeypad to Pin ‘0’.
Mini Servo to Pin ‘1’.
Two LED lights to Pin ‘2’ and Pin ‘8’.
The colours of the jumper wires don’t actually affect how the electronics work. But it is good practice to follow a colour convention so that you can easily identify where which cables are attached to.
Step 3 – Join up electronics to cardboard
Mount the mini servo to right side of your cardboard cat.
Create two openings on the cardboard for the LED lights to shine through
Step 4 – Code Microbit
Create block code in make code on the left.
When Button ‘A’ is pushed
Two LED lights up
Servo motor turns
Cool stuff!
Now you’ve brought your cat to life. Think of a variety of movements for your cat. Enjoy and add them on to the cat!
We're Done!
Looking for more projects to tinker and explore? We’re a launch partner for IMDA’s Digital Maker Programme, where we’ve been developing micro:bit kits, apps, and conducting workshops for schools and the public in Singapore. Read more here, and get in touch if you’d like to join our workshops!
