How to make a compass with a BBC Micro:bit | Coding | STEM | Project

[@factzbyaparna2775]

Thank you so much for such a great explanation!

[@rnagra3225]

Thank you for this and providing the sample code!

[@saraypinerez2649]

Thanks for the video! It helped me a lot

[@mattplayground]

Nice video! Two comments: A.) Time lapse or summarize last two cardinal directions. We the viewer could see where you were going. B.) A logical AND might be better here to check for a valid condition. For example North could also be less than 135. OR can be more ambiguous.

[@iNimbleSloth]

Glad you liked it, thanks for commenting and the feedback!

[@qpphil5150]

Great video!

[@gartmorn]

A few more lines of code and I take it you could have NE, NW etc etc?

[@iNimbleSloth]

Thanks for watching and commenting! Yes definitely, I only omitted these as I wanted to make this video as quick and simple to follow as possible. Have you used a Micro:bit before?

[@gartmorn]

Yes I have been using different platforms but I'm not the greatest at coding! I'm playing with pi4 just now and considering giving pico 8 a go. I also want to try a spectrum emulator as I have a book with spectrum codes! My youngest is 15 so I'm trying to get him interested. I really started in electronics building circuits but microcontrollers are now a big favourite if only I was better at coding!!

[@iNimbleSloth]

I've not come across Pico 8 before but just Googled it, looks great. What language are you coding with on the Pi4? I tried a bit of Python with my youngest on Pi and he did Scratch at school. Talking of microcontrollers, we've also played about with the Arduino Uno, although not done any videos yet. Coding comes with practice but I am still very much a novice, I do enjoy it though.

[@gartmorn]

@@iNimbleSloth I've done a little bit of both but really just using others code and modding it rather than doing stuff from scratch(excuse the pun).

[@ConexSpot]

That is so cool

[@ventinator0]

why does it say 529 :(

[@iNimbleSloth]

The most likey course for this is that the version of hex file is wring. I did this on an original microbit,. Try visiting makecode.microbit.org and import the hex file and then re-download. I'd like to know how you get on.

[@hammerbugg]

Dude now all you need to do is make this download content

[@iNimbleSloth]

Just uploaded to my site, quick page with nothing fancy - www.inimblesloth.com/microbit-compass/ Download is a ZIP containing both the letters and arrows versions as pre-compiled hex files. You need to extract the ZIP file and then copy your chosen hex file onto the micro:bit. There's a link on that page as to where you can open and edit those hex files. Have fun :-)