Input and output design decisions

Design and technology

Museum gallery prototypes

Museum gallery artefacts

Push-to-make switches

Offboard components

Museum alarm programming and fault finding

Integrate programmable systems in a product

The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms

This unit develops pupils' programming and control knowledge, with a focus on monitoring. Debugging and troubleshooting will be introduced. Pupils will learn how to integrate a BBC Micro:bit in a product and use sensors to program a light display.

Systems and control: sensor alarms

What is an example of an offboard output for a micro:bit?

Which component is an onboard input for a micro:bit alarm?

Why is it important to choose the right inputs and outputs for a system?

the colours we use when creating a product

the shapes we make when drawing a product

the choices we make when creating a product

Which of these is an input in an electrical system?

Which of these is an output in an electrical system?

What is the role of a light-dependent resistor (LDR)?

What is an example of an onboard input for a micro:bit?

What is an example of an offboard input for a micro:bit?

What should you have a basic understanding of before programming a micro:bit?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Input and output design decisions

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.