an input device that can control circuits through sensing light

connections on the edge of a micro:bit used to add offboard components

an online computer aided design application

components that can be attached to a micro:bit

Offboard components

Design and technology

Museum gallery prototypes

Museum gallery artefacts

Push-to-make switches

Input and output design decisions

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

Which of the below is a type of Micro:bit input component?

What do pins on a micro:bit allow you to do?

What is the name of the component that is not built on the micro:bit which can attach input components?

What is the name of an online computer aided design application?

What colour is a positive wire in Tinkercad?

What is a loop of electrical components called?

What should you keep away from a circuit and the cells to keep yourself safe?

Which of the below is an example of an input component in an electrical circuit?

Which of these shows a push-to-make switch?

Which of the below can be used to create a push-to-make switch?

A buzzer has two wires; one is red. What is the colour of the second wire?

Starter Quiz