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Robotbit Edu (Expansion Board for Micro:bit) - 03 Coding with KittenBlock

Robotbit Edu (Expansion Board for Micro:bit) - 03 Coding with KittenBlock

Robotbit Edu can be programmed with KittenBlock.

Refer to this page for introduction with Kittenblock: Kittenblock Introduction

 

Navigation

00 - Robotbit Edu Introductions & FAQ

01 - Robotbit Base

02 - Robotbit Edu Coding with MakeCode

03 - Robotbit Edu Coding with Kittenblock

 

Kittenblock Coding

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Connect the Micro:bit to your computer with a USB cable.

Click select hardware and choose MicroBit Python from the menu.

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Press this exclamation mark(!).

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Click this button to connect the Micro:bit.

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Micro:bit will display a heart icon after connecting to Kittenblock.

If the Micro:bit does not show a heart icon,

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The blocks for Robotbit will be added

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1. Programming Motors

For information about DC motors by Kittenbot, please visit: Kittenbot Actuators

Sample Program:

Connect 2 DC motors to the M1A and M1B port of the Robotbit.

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The speed of motor ranges from -255 to 255.

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2. Programming Servos

For information about servos by Kittenbot, please visit: Kittenbot Actuators

Sample Program:

Connect a servo to the S1 port of Robotbit.

Connect the orange wire from the servo to the yellow wire of the Robotbit.

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Typical servos have a rotation range of 0-180.

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3. Programming Stepper Motors

For information about DC motors by Kittenbot, please visit: Kittenbot Actuators

Sample Program:

Connect Stepper Motors to the M1 and M2 port of the Robotbit, with the red wire connecting to the VM port.

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Stepper Motors have a rotation range of -360 to 360.

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4. Programming the built-in LED strip

Remember to add a "Show" block to display the effect.

4.1 Lighting up all lights

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4.2 Customizing color with RGB

RGB value has a range of 0-255.

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4.3 Lighting up individual lights

The lights are labelled 0-3. (As labelled on the Robotbit)

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5. Programming the IO Pins

The blocks for the IO pins are found in the menu for Micro:bit.

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Pin 0-2 can be used as analog pins while P8, P12~P15 can only be used as digital pins. Analog values have a range of 0 to 1023, digital values have a range of 0 to 1.

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5.1 Reading values from pins

Pin 0 is occupied by the buzzer by default, the jumper should be removed when using this pin.

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5.2 Writing values to pins

Pin 0 is occupied by the buzzer by default, the jumper should be removed when using this pin.

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If you have any question, please feel free to contact us at Discord, we will always be there to help.

 

KittenBot Team

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