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Product description: Makey Makey - Code-a-Key Backpack - adapter for BBC micro:bit
Code-a-Key Backpack is the perfect solution for anyone who dreams of combining Makey Makey and BBC micro:bit . With this innovative adapter, you can trigger keystrokes in your designs using motion, temperature, light and sound , unlocking completely new possibilities! The Code-a-Key Backpack allows the micro:bit module to trigger up to 6 keystrokes and full mouse control . What's more, the micro:bit can read whether a key has been pressed or a mouse has been used and react to it in many different ways, such as displaying an image on its display, playing a sound, and even controlling a servo motor! On the front of the Code-a-Key Backpack there is an edge slot for the micro:bit module. The adapter has four LEDs . Two of them are power indicators: one for the Makey Makey's 5V power supply and the other for the BBC micro:bit's 3.3V power supply. The other two green lights are the keyboard and mouse activity indicators on the Makey Makey. The adapter requires two USB cables to work. One to power the Makey Makey and use the project, and the other to upload the code to the BBC micro:bit. Makey Makey equipped with Code-a-Key Backpack is compatible with all free applications from JoyLabz .
Code-a-Key Backpack only works with Makey Makey version 1.5 or higher!
Makey Makey - Code-a-Key Backpack - adapter for BBC micro:bit.
Special features of Code-a-Key Backpack
- It allows you to connect Makey Makey and BBC micro:bit and use them together.
- Enables keystrokes to be triggered in Makey Makey projects using motion, temperature, light and sound sensors.
- Thanks to the radio technology of the micro:bit board, you can place the Makey Makey keystroke anywhere in the room.
- Connects robotics and IoT projects with applications on a laptop, PC or tablet.
- It allows you to simultaneously use 6 standard keys on the front of the Makey Makey and control an additional 12 keys on the back of the board using a code or signals from sensors.
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux via Makey Makey.
How to connect Makey Makey and BBC micro:bit with Code-a-Key Backpack?
Place the Code-a-Key Backpack on the back of the Makey Makey board, aligning the adapter pins with the appropriate sockets.
- Insert the BBC micro:bit board into the edge connector on the Code-a-Key Backpack. Make sure the micro:bit LEDs are facing outwards.
- Connect Makey Makey to your computer using a USB cable. You can also connect external devices to the Code-a-Key Backpack using the pins available on the adapter.
- Connect the BBC micro:bit to your computer using a second USB cable. On your computer, the micro:bit should be detected as an external drive, ready for programming.
After completing these steps, Makey Makey and BBC micro:bit will be ready to work together, opening up new possibilities for your projects and interactive experiments!
Our offer includes Makey Makey from JoyLabz and BBC micro:bit .
Code-a-Key Backpack allows you to connect Makey Makey and BBC micro:bit. 
The adapter requires two USB cables to work.Technical specifications of the adapter
- Supply voltage: 5 V from the Makey Makey board socket, 3.3 V for the BBC micro:bit microcontroller
- 12 programmable input/output pins for keyboard and mouse, accessible via BBC micro:bit microcontroller
- 1x 24 female connector outputting BBC micro:bit microcontroller input/output pins (0 to 20), as well as 3.3V and 2x Ground pins
- Key and mouse press LEDs (green)
- Separate power LED indicators (red) for 5V and 3.3V
- Programming with Microsoft MakeCode via an extension developed by Makey Makey
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux via the Makey Makey board host
- Compatibility: Makey Makey version 1.5 or higher and BBC micro:bit v1 and v2
- Dimensions: 13 x 8.33 x 3 cm
- Weight: 62 g
Set contents
1x Code-a-Key Backpack
1x User manual
1x Makey Makey Sticker
