© Pradeeka Seneviratne  2019
Pradeeka SeneviratneBBC micro:bit Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4913-0_5

5. Displaying Images

Pradeeka Seneviratne1 
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Udumulla, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 

This chapter mainly focuses on how to show images on a micro:bit display. MakeCode provides a set of built-in images and image editing blocks to create your own images, limited up to two frames. You can play with images by scrolling and offsetting them in different ways.

5-1. Displaying Built-in Images

Problem

You want to display a built-in image on the micro:bit LED matrix.

Solution

  • In the Toolbox, click on Advanced to expand the category list, and then click on the Images category.

  • Click and drag the show image block over and place it inside of the on start

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