Order the Micro:bit board by joystick

Purpose of this tutorial:

In this tutorial we will see how to display an arrow on micro:bit whose orientation depends on the direction of the joystick controller:

• When the user directs the joystick controller to the right, the arrow ” →” is displayed on the micro:bit card.
• When the user points the joystick to the left, the arrow “←” is displayed on the micro:bit card.
• When the user points the joystick joystick forward, the arrow “↑” is displayed on the micro:bit card.
• When the user moves the joystick backwards, the arrow “↓” is displayed on the micro:bit card.
• When the user presses the joystick button, the value 1 is displayed on the micro:bit card.

Composants nécessaires

• carte micro:bit
• manette joystick
• des fils de connexion
• micro:bit GPIO Expansion Board
• plaque d’essai (Pour le montage 1)

Mounting:

To perform the assembly we connect:

• The +5V to 3.3V pin of the micro:bit
• The GND pin to the GND from the micro:bit
• VRx to the pin P2 from the micro:bit
• VRy to the pin P1 from the micro:bit
• SW to the pin P0 from the micro:bit

There are several mounting methods.