User manual
QUICK START GUIDE
For full set up instructions, please visit:
https://www.microbit.co.uk/getting-started
Your computer should recognise your BBC micro:bit as a
new drive. On computers running Windows, MICROBIT
appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
You connect your BBC micro:bit to your
computer with a micro USB cable.
Requirements Compiling your script
Powering your BBC micro:bit
Using phones and tablets
Transferring the file to your
BBC micro:bit
Connecting your BBC micro:bit
Coding your BBC micro:bit
Accessing the BBC micro:bit website
An ale to micro USB cable to connect your
computer to your BBC micro:bit. This is the
same cable that is commonly used to connect a
smart phone to a computer
.
A laptop or PC running Windows 7 or later, or a
Mac running OS X 10.6 or later, or a smart phone or
tablet.
Access to the Internet.
To compile a different script click on My Scripts,
select the script, then
click edit
and compile.
Click compile in the editor. Your script is converted
into a .hex file that you can transfer and run on your
BBC micro:bit
.
When the file has downloaded, open Finder or
Windows Explorer and open the MICROBIT
drive.
Drag and drop the .hex file onto your MICROBIT
drive
.
The LED on the back of your BBC micro:bit flashes
during the transfer which only takes a few seconds
.
Once transferred, the code will run automatically on
your BBC micro:bit. To rerun your program, press the
reset button on the back of your BBC micro:bit. The
reset button automatically runs the newest file on
the BBC micro:bit
.
Once you transfer a file to the BBC micro:bit, you
can disconnect the BBC micro:bit from your
computer
.
Connect the small end of the USB cable to
the micro USB port on your BBC micro:bit.
Connect the other end of the USB cable to a
USB port on your computer
.
Go to Create Code and choose the editor that
you would like to code with.
When you have finished your script, press run to
see it play on the on screen simulator.
Just go to www.microbit.co.uk. There are lots of
tutorials and information on the website.
When your BBC micro:bit is not connected to
your computer with a USB, you will need 2 x AAA
batteries to power it.
Find out how to use the BBC micro:bit App to
connect your phones and tablets with the BBC
micro:bit in the getting started section on the website.