touch:bit

Description

Six handy touch-sensitive buttons and LEDs for your micro:bit . Use touch:bit as a controller for games on micro:bit's LED matrix, or combine it with the radio functionality and use it as a controller for your robot. Just slot in your micro:bit, then code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor . You can easily link functions to specific button presses, have the LEDs on each button light automatically on a touch, or set the LEDs manually. Features Comes fully-assembled and ready to use 6 capacitive touch buttons 6 bright white LEDs CAP1166 capacitive touch and LED driver Compatible with micro:bit Microsoft MakeCode and MicroPython support No soldering required! Software You can code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor . To add the touch:bit library in MakeCode, click on the cog at the top right hand corner, then "Add Package", then paste in the URL for the library: "https://github.com/pimoroni/pxt-touchbit". You can find full instructions at the GitHub repository for the library .