Binary

Today in Electronics class, we were learning about binary. Binary is a counting system that only uses two digits, one and two. Binary is also called base 2. We used cards that were black on one side and had the numbers of the 2 times tables on the other. We had to represent numbers that the teacher gave using these cards. After that we used this app to represent numbers in binary. We had to show the numbers 27,15,8 using the app. We also had to show our birth month. Guess which month is my birthday? (it is the last photo)

Microsoft MakeCode - Compass

Last term, before the corona virus lock down, our electrical class were working on our assessed projects. There were three projects to choose from, a compass for the blind, ukulele tuner or design a space invaders game. I choose to make a compass for the blind, by using different pitched bleeping sounds to distinguish between north and south, accurate within 2 degrees. I did try and use a recording to say when the compass was pointing north but the program was unable to record a voice tape.

On the coding program screen, there is a replica of a microbit. when i had finished coding  I used the replica microbit to test my piece of code. I had to make  few adjustment to the pitch of the bleeps and the time between each sound.

I really enjoyed making this piece of code and maybe, if I add more software, then I will be able to make the voice recording work :)