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MakeCode Tutorial

Offered By: Derek Banas via YouTube

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Microcontrollers Courses Programming Courses Robotics Courses Sensors Courses Ultrasonic Sensors Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn to create 15 exciting electronics projects using MakeCode in this comprehensive 55-minute tutorial. Explore the Adafruit Playground Express and its built-in sensors, master MakeCode basics, and build projects ranging from a crazy piano to a collision-detecting robot. Discover how to work with servos, pins, pulses, analog inputs, functions, and arrays. Gain hands-on experience with the Adafruit Crickit board for motor control and learn to use ultrasonic sensors. Perfect for beginners and intermediate makers alike, this tutorial provides a solid foundation in electronics programming and robotics.

Syllabus

Intro.
Circuit Playground Express.
MakeCode Basics.
Crazy Piano.
Infrared & Other Sensors.
Photon Animation.
Calculator.
Servos.
Working with Pins.
Pulses / Clock Signals.
Analog / Potentiometers.
Functions.
Arrays.
Crickit.
Ultrasonic Sonar Distance Sensor.
Collision Detecting Robot.


Taught by

Derek Banas

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