bbc-microbit-io

Johnny-Five IO Plugin for the BBC micro:bit

Prerequisites

• BBC micro:bit
• Bluetooth Low Energy capable Mac or Linux computer
  • See node-bbc-microbit prerequisites

Getting Started

npm install bbc-microbit-io johnny-five

Boilerplate Program

var five = require('johnny-five');
var microbitio = require('bbc-microbit-io');

var board = new five.Board({
  io: new microbitio({
    // id: '<id of micro:bit>', // optional
    // address: '<address of microbit>' // optional
  })
});

board.on('ready', function() {
  // do Johnny-Five stuff
});

Examples

See examples folder as well as Johnny-Five examples.

API

See Johnny-Five API docs.

Pin Guide

| Johnny-Five Compatible Name | Number | Supported Modes | |-----------------------------|--------|-----------------| | A0 | 0 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | A1 | 1 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | A2 | 2 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | A3 | 3 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | A4 | 4 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | | 5 | Input, Output | | | 6 | Input, Output | | | 7 | Input, Output | | | 8 | Input, Output | | | 9 | Input, Output | | A5 | 10 | Input, Output, Analog, PWM | | | 11 | Input, Output | | | 12 | Input, Output | | | 13 | Input, Output | | | 14 | Input, Output | | | 15 | Input, Output | | | 16 | Input, Output | | | 17 | - | | | 18 | - | | | 19 | Input, Output | | | 20 | Input, Output |

Additional Features

| Type | Usage | Johnny-Five type | | ---- | ----- | -------- | | Accelerometer | new microbitio.Accelerometer(); | five.Accelerometer | | Button | new microbitio.Button('A'); or new microbitio.Button('B'); | five.Button | | Compass | new microbitio.Compass(); | five.Compass | | LED Matrix | new microbitio.LedMatrix(); | five.Led.Matrix | | Thermometer | new microbitio.Thermometer(); | five.Thermometer |