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Save the World with Code: 20 Fun Projects for All Ages Using Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Circuit Playground Express
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Save the World with Code: 20 Fun Projects for All Ages Using Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Circuit Playground Express

by Lorraine Underwood
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
6h 2m
English
McGraw-Hill Education TAB
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MISSION 1

Zombie Detector

Sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether someone is a zombie. Pale skin and a slow limp are obvious signs, but maybe the person is just not feeling well, or he or she has stubbed his or her toe? Follow this project to create an electronic test to see whether your family members are zombies or not.

To protect ourselves from zombies, we’re going to create a touch sensor because it’s a well-known fact that zombies don’t conduct electricity like humans do.

Algorithm

Let’s figure out what it is we’re doing in simple English:

Images

This seems easy enough! Let’s get building.

micro:bit

Build

The micro:bit can detect a conductive ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781260457605