My project, the MicroMultiBitTool based around the BBC micro:bit. It is a multitool that has a compass, a step counter, and a watch. I used the website codethemicrobit.com to create the program, although it can be just as easily made in javascript.
The idea came when I first got the micro:bit and made the compass program on one of the tutorials. I improved the compass to point north instead of just displaying the approximate direction. Eventually I decided to make the micro:bit do more things instead of just being a compass. Compasses are useful, but aren't used everyday, so I added a clock function, and shortly afterwards, a step counter.
First I made the code for the compass.
After finishing the compass, I made a way to change the mode of the MicroMultiBitTool by pressing the "A" button. To change set the time, you can press pin 0 to increase minutes by one, pin 1 to increase minutes by ten, and pin 2 to increase hours by one. The "B" button reset the step counter.
Creating the material part of the project was much harder than making the code, as I could not find a good way to mount the micro:bit onto the velcro. Not wanting, to break the underside of the micro:bit, I decided to mount in on a piece of wood which would then be fastened onto a velcro belt.
The large spacing allows for the battery pack to be stored under the micro:bit. Metal screws allow electricity to still be transmitted which allows pin 2 to still be functional.
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