Test Tilts

Let’s test tilts: level, left, right, toward, and away from you.

When you vary the tilt angle from left to right, the x-axis accelerometer measurement values vary accordingly.

When you vary the tilt angle from facing toward you to facing away from you, the y-axis accelerometer measurement values also vary accordingly.

Example script: test_tilts_intro

• Connect your micro:bit module to your computer with its USB cable.
• In a Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser, go to python.microbit.org to open the micro:bit Python Editor.
• Enter, name, and save test_tilts_intro.
  (See Save & Edit Scripts.)  
• Click Send to micro:bit.
  (See Flash Scripts with Python Editor.)

# test_tilts_intro

from microbit import *

sleep(1000)

while True:
    x = accelerometer.get_x()
    y = accelerometer.get_y()
    
    print("x =", x, ", y =", y)
    
    sleep(750)

IMPORTANT: In the animation below, just focus on how the micro:bit is tilted.  The application does not transmit tilts to the cyber:bot.  That will come later. 

• Click Show serial to open the serial monitor.
  (See Use the Serial Monitor.)
• Take measurements as shown in the animation, recording the x and y values for each tilt angle in the table below the animation.