10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

snidhi — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 11:47:46 GMT

I would have also loved to teach my nephew with this kit

Cheers

RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

NigelB — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:07:46 GMT

I would have loved this to work, but it didn't. I will work on it to see if I can get it going, but I managed to pair my S8 phone with the micro:bit without a problem (after looking up the details). I got the programme in (noting that the second step, inserting the "set counter to 5" tile, was in the "variables" not the "Math"- and I had to add the devices category by clicking on "add package" at the bottom of the categories - and was offered devices rather prominently). The countdown works fine, but then absolutely nothing happens, and there is nothing that suggests that the camera mode has been started on my paired phone. Even if I open my phone in the camera mode, nothing happens when I run the countdown.

But I will try to debug it, and report back if I get it going...

RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

shabaz — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:47:57 GMT

It looks like this uses the Bluetooth and BLE capabilities of the micro:bit. I'm no expert, but there are dozens/hundreds? of profiles for doing different things, and one of them is for camera control (requires the camera to also support Bluetooth/BLE).

Regarding the speaker by the way, for that you can just stick a pair of earphones on the connector (e.g. connector marked '0') on the micro:bit and you'll hear any tones/music notes generated with the micro:bit.

Ideally you want to connect the shield of the jack plug to the GND connection, but if you're in a hurry (like most schoolkids) then you'll still hear it if you bridge with your fingers and use body conductivity - so no real need for a jack socket or wires.

RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

volly — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:29:23 GMT

Like Andy says. Please clarify the fact that the micro:bit does not come with any onboard peripherals like speakers, cameras, etc. It would also be a good thing to add instructions on how exactly to attach these specific devices....

RE: 10 BBC micro:bit Projects in 10 Days: Day Four - Camera Time

zenandy — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:32:18 GMT

It would help to specify the requirements for a smartphone here. The Micro:bit doesn't have an onboard camera.