How to Use a Potentiometer 🎛️ with BBC micro:bit (Dial in Numbers Easily)

Chapter 6: Using the potentio bit sensor with the micro:bit and EDU:BIT board to display levels between 0 and 7 when you turn the dial
Download code https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XSjbrdRAKrFlQJOpZGWUBn1SsoYjkh1G/view?usp=sharing

This is based on the project in the wonderful EDU:BIT booklet that comes with the EDU:BIT kit

• 💾 Download code (Google Drive): https://tinyurl.com/2fxftbw2

Get your EDU:BIT kit here:
https://thepihut.com/products/edu-bit-learning-project-kit-for-micro-bit (UK)
https://tinyurl.com/3erdc2fh (UK)
https://tinyurl.com/mr9chcrp (US)

The video demonstrates using the Edu:bit potentio (potentiometer) bit with a BBC micro:bit. After powering the Edu:bit board, you open MakeCode (with Edu:bit extensions installed) and read the potentiometer value block. First display the raw value (0–1023) on the micro:bit using show number. Then map that range to 0–7 using the map block, wrap it with a round function to produce whole integers, and display those values. Then the potentiometer is tested live, showing it moves through the mapped values as the knob is turned.
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Видео How to Use a Potentiometer 🎛️ with BBC micro:bit (Dial in Numbers Easily) канала Chris Evans