Microbit-Piano
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Micro:Bit Piano
Micro:bit Piano is a piano module that runs on Micro:bit from which you can play beautiful songs. There is an interface for you to connect to your Micro:bit, four RGB LEDs make your board brilliant. This piano module has a capacitive touch chip that prompts 13 contact keys to simulate your piano keys, you can play your preferred music.
Features
- Micro:bit edge connector, directly pluggable.
- Buzzer to play music.
- Onboard capacitive touch controller, 13x touch keys through the I2C interface.
- 4x RGB LEDs, controlled by only one signal pin.
- Breakout module control pins, Micro:bit SPI pins, and GPIO pins
- Easy Expansion
Specifications
- Touch controller: TTP229
- RGB LED: WS2812B
- LED color depth: 16777216 colors
- Operating voltage: 3.3V
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Pinout
| PIN | Description |
|---|---|
| VCC | 3.3V |
| GND | GND |
| Buzzer | PIN 0 of Microbit |
| WS2812 RGB LED | PIN 1 of Microbit |
Programming
Drag and Drop
Many people want to learn the process to learn more about micro:bit by getting an understanding of the potential of micro:bit. If one wants to run MicroBit Piano then they can do the following steps.
- Take Micro:bit and stack it on the Micro:Bit Piano’s edge connector as shown.
- To start a new project development using Micro:Bit Piano, kindly visit https://makecode.microbit.org/#
- Start a new project by clicking on New Project tab, It will Open a Programming and Simulation Interface where you can write code , connect board and program it in 1 click.
- A user needs to add an extension for Micro:Bit Piano via clicking on the tab Advanced >> Extensions and enter the mentioned URL below in search box.
https://github.com/sbcshop/MicroBit-Piano
- Click on Search button after entering above URL, Now look for the search result to add the extension to the project(current). Click on Search result to install it.
- It will install two libraries "MicrobitPiano" and "Neopixel" as shown.
