What it’s about
This tutorial introduces some ways to communicate with your micro:bit module through a computer. It’s a lot like texting, but you’ll be exchanging messages with your micro:bit instead of another person. The app for this is called the serial monitor, and you already experimented with it in Use the Serial Monitor.
Before you start
You will need:
- A micro:bit module, alone or on a cyber:bot
- USB A to MicroB cable
- Computer with at least one USB A port (or a C to A adapter)
- An up-to-date Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser.
Complete these tutorials first:
After you finish
You will be able to make Makecode projects that make your micro:bit receive, process, and respond to text and numeric values you type into a serial monitor. Along the way, you will build basic skills for tutorials on these subjects:
- Dictionary Primer
- Radio Basics
- …and many more
