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Today's Learning Goal:
Today's Learning Goal:
Understand the Micro:Bit and Its Components - Identify and describe the main parts of the BBC Micro:Bit, including the LED grid, buttons, sensors, and input/output pins
Key Words:
Key Words:
Processor – The "brain" of the Micro:Bit that runs programs and processes information.
Components – The different physical parts of the Micro:Bit, including the LED grid, buttons, sensors, and input/output pins.
LED grid – A 5x5 display of tiny lights that can show text, images, and animations.
Buttons – Two physical buttons (A and B) that can be pressed to trigger events in programs.
Sensors – Built-in components like an accelerometer, compass, and temperature sensor that detect environmental changes.
Input/Output – The ability of the Micro:Bit to receive signals (input) and send signals (output) to control devices.
MakeCode – A block-based coding platform used to create and test programs for the Micro:Bit.
Programming – Writing a set of instructions that tell the Micro:Bit what to do.
USB connection – A method of linking the Micro:Bit to a computer for power and program transfer.
Time to look around...
Time to look around...
In this page we explore the MicroBit and learn about the different components that make it.
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MicroBit V2
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Micro Processor
Micro Processor
A processor is sometimes called the ‘brains’ of a computer and your BBC micro:bit has a micro processor inside it. It’s an essential part of your micro:bit as it runs the programs you write, collects information from input devices and sensors, and sends information to the output devices.
Components
Components
Input and Output devices
Input and Output devices
When you type on your laptop or touch the screen on your phone, you’re using an input device. Inputs allow computers to sense things happening in the real world, so they can act on this and make something happen, usually on an output like a screen or headphones.
Inputs and outputs are an important part of any computer system. As a very small computer, the BBC micro:bit has plenty of inputs and outputs to learn about and use.
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