1. BBC Microbit

2. Starter

3. Starter
What do you think the following do or might be used for in a project?
Input/Output rings
Programmable LEDs
Programmable buttons
Accelerometer and compass
Bluetooth

8. Objective of the lesson
Use Block Editor to add Scrolling Messages
All of you will:
Add a scrolling message on the LEDs
Most of you will:
Loop the messages
Some of you will:
Clear the screen and add pauses between messages

9. Go to
Display a scrolling message
Add a show string message from the script library.
Chan the message to one of your choice.
Click Run.
Name your program
Compile your code
Plug your Microbit into a USB port.
Right click on the code and send to the Microbit.

10. Loop
Add a forever loop so that the message repeats
Pausing your program
Add a pause to create a gap in-between messages
This is in milliseconds
1000 milliseconds = 1 second

11. Challenge
Change the pause timings between messages
Add further messages
Add a clear screen for 1 second at the end of the messages before they loop again