Our Internet travels frequently take us to strange auctions (we’re still looking for a US Mail truck, btw), but this one takes the cake. Too many cables in your freshman college dorm room? Here’s the solution. He’s using an infrared distance sensor to count off lap times for his slot car track and a mini thermal printer to print out the times. answered the call with a slot car track timer. Thanks to for sending in this tip!Ĭontinue reading “One Micro Bit Accomplishes Its Goal” → Posted in Microcontrollers Tagged bbc, car, education, electric, lap, micro bit, RACE, scalextric, slot car, time, toy, trackĪ little while ago, we complained that there aren’t many projects using the Microview, a very cool Arduino and OLED thing that might be just too big for a ring.
Maybe they’ll even get around to building a robot or two. Be sure to check out the video below for some exciting races! The build is certain to entertain ’s grandkids for some time, as well as help them get involved with programming and building anything that they can imagine.
The project page goes into great detail on how the project was constructed. It may be a little difficult to intuit all of the information that the Micro Bit is displaying on its LED array, but it shouldn’t take too much practice. It also implements a drag race-style light system to start the race and can tell if a car false starts. But what fun is a race if you can’t keep track of laps or lap times? With the BBC Mirco Bit and some hardware, the new-and-improved racetrack can do all of these things. The toy in question is an old Scalextric slot car racetrack – another well-known product of the UK. While both computers have been co-opted by hackers for all kinds of projects (the Pi especially), ’s latest build keeps at least his grandkids interested in computers by using the Micro Bit to add some cool features to an old toy. Such an inexpensive computer works well with the current trend of cutting public school budgets wherever possible while still being able to get kids interested in coding and computers in general. Like the Raspberry Pi, the BBC Micro Bit had a goal of being foremost an educational device.
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