Bit Teaching Kit (micro:bit)
The kit includes a wide range of components suited to classroom teaching, maker workshops, and beginner projects, letting users progress from simple LED blinking and sensor triggering to full interactive systems.
What this kit teaches
micro:bit and the Bit Teaching Kit
Wiring and use of 21 electronic modules, including LED bulbs, traffic lights, buttons, the LCD1602 display, light sensors, the DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor, and ball switches, with two to three activities per module.
New features of micro:bit V2
The touch sensing and sound sensing built into micro:bit V2.
Mechatronics projects
Combine multiple electronic modules with mechanisms to build projects such as a button piano, an ear-wiggling rabbit, a sharpshooter game, a self-driving car, a remote-control car, an obstacle-avoiding car, and a servo motor robot dog.
Course outline
01 Bit Teaching Kit (2 class periods)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-1, pp. 3–12)
02 LED bulb (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-2, pp. 13–18)
03 Traffic light (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-3, pp. 19–24)
04 Button (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-4, pp. 25–28)
05 LCD1602 display (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-5, pp. 29–34)
06 Light sensor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-6, pp. 35–40)
07 DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-7, pp. 41–46)
08 Ball switch (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-8, pp. 47–52)
09 Variable resistor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-9, pp. 53–56)
10 Servo motor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-10, pp. 57–60)
11 Buzzer (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-11, pp. 61–68)
12 Ultrasonic sensor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-12, pp. 69–74)
13 Hall effect magnetic sensor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-13, pp. 75–78)
14 Common-cathode RGB LED (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-14, pp. 79–82)
15 RGB LED ring (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-15, pp. 83–90)
16 Infrared obstacle avoidance module (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-16, pp. 91–94)
17 Soil moisture sensor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-17, pp. 95–100)
18 Transistor MOS module and N20 motor (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-18, pp. 101–106)
19 L9110 motor driver module (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-19, pp. 107–112)
20 Relay (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-20, pp. 113–116)
21 8×8 LED dot-matrix display module (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 1, section 1-21, pp. 117–124)
22 Touch sensing on micro:bit V2 (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 2, section 2-1, pp. 127–130)
23 Sound sensing on micro:bit V2 (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 2, section 2-2, pp. 131–136)
24 Button piano (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-1, pp. 139–142)
25 Ear-wiggling rabbit (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-2, pp. 143–148)
26 I’m a sharpshooter (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-3, pp. 149–156)
27 Self-driving car (2 class periods)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-4, pp. 157–166)
28 Remote-control car (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-5, pp. 167–172)
29 Obstacle-avoiding car (1 class period)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-6, pp. 173–178)
30 Servo motor robot dog (2 class periods)
Matching materials: Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook (Chapter 3, section 3-7, pp. 179–192)
The course outline is based on the CIRCUS Pi teaching manuscript “Bit Teaching Kit Teaching Tips Handbook.” Class period counts are estimated from page counts and can be adjusted to fit your class.
What’s in the kit
| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| MbitBot Lite expansion board | 1 |
| micro USB cable, 100 cm | 1 |
| Sanyo 18650 lithium battery, 2550 mAh | 1 |
| Two-color hook-and-loop strap, 18 cm | 1 pack |
| Color female-to-female jumper wires, 20 cm, 10 per pack | 12 packs |
| 1×40 single-row pin header, 18 mm, equal length | 2 |
| Circus tactile button module (red, green, yellow) | 1 pack |
| Round button caps (yellow, red, green), 10 each | 3 packs |
| Circus 10 mm LED indicator module (red, green, blue, yellow) | 1 pack |
| Circus LED traffic light module | 1 |
| Circus RGB LED common-cathode module | 1 |
| Circus ball switch module | 1 |
| Circus Hall effect magnetic module | 1 |
| Circus variable resistor module | 1 |
| Circus light sensor module | 1 |
| Circus soil moisture sensor module | 1 |
| Circus infrared obstacle avoidance module | 1 |
| Circus DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor module | 1 |
| Circus passive buzzer module | 1 |
| Circus 1-channel relay module | 1 |
| Circus transistor MOS module | 1 |
| Circus L9110 motor driver module | 1 |
| N20 micro metal gear motor, 1:150, 6 V / 100 rpm | 2 |
| HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor module | 1 |
| SG90 9 g servo motor, 180 degrees | 1 |
| LCD 1602 display module (yellow-green, 5 V, I2C interface) | 1 |
| MAX7219 8×8 LED dot-matrix display module (red) | 1 |
| 5050 RGB LED ring module, 12 LEDs | 1 |
| Arduino two-layer storage box | 1 |
This kit does not include the BBC micro:bit V2, which can be purchased separately.
The same set of electronic modules is also available in a LinkIt 7697 version.
Programming tools
Programs are written with MakeCode blocks. The temperature and humidity sensor, RGB LED ring, and ultrasonic sensor use MakeCode’s official extension blocks; the LCD1602, buttons, and L9110 motor driver module use extension blocks hosted on GitHub.
Competition
National Cat Cup SCRATCH Competition (Hardware Division)
The Bit Teaching Kit is an equipment set built for the hardware division of the National Cat Cup SCRATCH Competition.
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