How computers sense the world? (using Micro:Bit)

A youthworkshop from EMF 2024 by Vincent Lee

On Friday May 31, 2024 at in Unnamed Village

Ever wondered how your phone knows when you turn it upside down or when you're moving around counting your every step? Well in this workshop we'll take a peak into the world of sensors and how they work and what they are used for.

We'll use the BBC Microbit which is a tiny computer along with Python/Makecode to store what it sees, then using code we'll create graphs that can allow us to understand what the Microbit is seeing.

In this workshop you'll learn:

- What sensors the BBC Microbit has

- How to store/log data coming off of the Microbit's sensors

- How to create graphs and other ways of seeing the information

This workshop is taking place in The Unnamed Village. We're in the middle of camping area G - https://map.emfcamp.org/#18.41/52.040788...