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Welcome to the NSBE Jr FIRE Robotics Programming Course!

If you need a refresher on how to transfer your program onto a Micro:Bit, look here. Follow this link to the web-based python code editor.

Robot Hardware

This course uses the Micro Maqueen Lite robot from DFRobot.

Micro:Bit python programming

We'll be using python to program our Micro:Bit. You can read about all of the Micro:Bit specific python modules and functions in this documentation. Some really great tutorials also show off what you can do with your Micro:Bit using python.

General python programming

Want to learn more about python programming?

Code Combat is a browser-based Role Play Game (RPG) where you write python code to make your character go on an adventure. It is free to play, but you can pay to get unnecessary extras.

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist is a highly recommended interactive textbook that introduces python to new programmers. It is free and of very high quality; it is often used for introduction to programming classes in colleges.

Dive Into Python 3 is a classic textbook for experienced programmers that are new to python. It is free online.

Reset your Micro:Bit to the factory program

Follow these instructions if you want to reprogram your Micro:Bit to have the factory pre-loaded program.