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BBC Micro:bit in Practice
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BBC Micro:bit in Practice

by Ashwin Pajankar, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Saini
December 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
292 pages
5h 45m
English
Packt Publishing
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Advanced Features of the Micro:bit

We have explored a variety of applications of using the Micro:bit throughout this book. However, we have not explored the complete set of features available on the Micro:bit board. A variety of sensors are built into the board that can be used to perform interesting operations. In other microcontrollers, all such sensors are not inbuilt, so we must attach them separately. External sensor integration consumes a greater number of pins as well as power. Therefore, the Micro:bit has a huge advantage over other similar boards.

In this chapter, we will learn about the sensors built into the Micro:bit. Some of these features are present in both versions, while a few are only present in V2. We will learn how to ...

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