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This product is a mini buzzer expansion board based on micro:bit, which integrates the IC NS8002 bridge audio power amplifier, a high quality speaker, and a headphone jack output plugin. The switcher allows you to choose a playback device,and it supports volume control.
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This is a colorful display module designed for the BBC micro:bit, 1.8inch diagonal, 160x128 pixels, capable of displaying 65K colors.
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Tired of the 5x5 LED matrix? Time to get a tiny monitor for your micro:bit, this one would be the ideal choice.
  
 
===Specification===
 
===Specification===
*Dimension:36.52mm*30.72mm
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*Driver: ST7735S
*Operating Voltage: 2.0V~5.5V
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*Resolution: 160x128
*Volume adjustable: support
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*Display color: RGB, 65K colors
*Earphone jack: support
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*Operating voltage: 3.3V
 
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*Dimension: 61mm x 51.5mm
===Hardware connection===
 
There are two ways to connect this product
 
# Using the DuPont wires,
 
# Using alligator clip wires
 
Note:Both of these two kinds o cables come along with the product
 
  
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===Pinouts===
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!PIN !! micro:bit PIN !!Description
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|Vcc||3V3||Power
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|GND||GND||Ground
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|MISO||P14||SPI data master input/slave output
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|MOSI||P15||SPI data master output/slave input
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|SCK||P13||SPI clock input
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|LCD_CS||P16||LCD chip selection
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|RAM_CS||P2||SRAM chip selection
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|DC||P12||LCD data/command
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|RST||P8||LCD reset
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|BL||P1||LCD backlight
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=== Device description===
 
=== Device description===

Revision as of 01:57, 25 May 2018

1.8inch LCD for micro:bit
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Introduction

More

This is a colorful display module designed for the BBC micro:bit, 1.8inch diagonal, 160x128 pixels, capable of displaying 65K colors.

Tired of the 5x5 LED matrix? Time to get a tiny monitor for your micro:bit, this one would be the ideal choice.

Specification

  • Driver: ST7735S
  • Resolution: 160x128
  • Display color: RGB, 65K colors
  • Operating voltage: 3.3V
  • Dimension: 61mm x 51.5mm

Pinouts

PIN micro:bit PIN Description
Vcc 3V3 Power
GND GND Ground
MISO P14 SPI data master input/slave output
MOSI P15 SPI data master output/slave input
SCK P13 SPI clock input
LCD_CS P16 LCD chip selection
RAM_CS P2 SRAM chip selection
DC P12 LCD data/command
RST P8 LCD reset
BL P1 LCD backlight

Device description

Speaker component.png
  1. Select audio device: Switch right for earphone output, switch left for speaker
  2. High quality speaker
  3. Ear[ones jack socket
  4. Volume control: Turn left to volume up, turn right to down

Programming Guide

Micor:bit has variety of programming methods like mbed, micropython, typescript and other programming methods, as well as code online websites which are abundant.

The official recommendation are two programming methods: typescript and micropython. Typescript is the graphical programming language.

Typescript

Typescript is a kind of graphical programming, its website is that: https://makecode.microbit.org/#

  • Open a browser and input the next URL

Open make.gif

  • Playing a musical melody and setting the beat

Click "music" on the left side, and place "play tone" inside "on start" block. First select a note, then set its beat. If your computer has playback device, it will play the corresponding voice.

Set music.gif

  • Playing music tones

First remove "play tone" by dragging it to the left side, then place “start melody” block inside "on start" block.

The first parameter is to chooes a melody, and the second parameter is the number of times to play the melody again.

Play music.gif

  • Download

Connect the micro:bit to the computer. It will appear as a removable drive of 8 MB. This time you can download the program into the micro:bot

Findmicrobit.gif


Choose a name for the project, save and download the HEX file. Copy the HEX file from the folder where it was saved and paste it onto the "MICROBIT" removable drive.

Speaker microbit down.gif

Micropython

For micropython, there are two ways to use it, one is use online programming website: http://python.microbit.org/v/1

And another is offline program software Mu.

  • Open the software

Open s.png

  • Opening the programming manual

Click the link below to open the micro:bit official programming manual

http://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Click music to copy the section code:

Copy micropython.gif

  • Download

Copy the code as the below step, and past it to the Mu. Click "check" for error checking, After no error are found click Flash button, and select micro:bit and download it.

Speaker microbit flash.gif

Note: For more information about the programming, please refer to the programming manual.

Resources

Software

FAQ

Support

Support

If you require technical support, please go to the Support page and open a ticket.