Unit #5-05

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• control the Neopixels on the Robot:Bit

Review

• review a single RGB LEDs

Lesson

• go over the Robot:Bit

  • place the Micro:Bit so the 25 LEDs face the 4 Neopixels

  • go over what a SK6812 is

    • power but also data pin

Activity

• demo of adding in the Robot:Bit library into MakeCode (see below)

  • click on "Extensions"

  • then search for "robotbit"

  • click and add

• the Neopixels on the Robot:Bit are attached to pin 16 for their data control

  • there are also 4 Neopixels on the board

• we start counting at "0" remember, not 1!

Daily Assignment

• click on provided link to create a new GitHub repo

  • call the repo: TEJ2O.1 ⇢ Unit5-05

• create a traffic light with 3 of the Neopixels

  • click the "A" button and:

    • light starts on green, then goes to yellow, then to red

Extra

• • can you do the same project in Python

    • this might help