touch:bit

via Pimoroni
$20.30
SKU PR-PIM401

We have 9 units in our Sydney Warehouse available for immediate dispatch.

We can get a further 100 units into Australia from Pimoroni. If you order today, we can dispatch this stock between Nov 19, 2024 - Nov 26, 2024.

Six handy touch-sensitive buttons and LEDs for your micro:bit. Use touch:bit as a controller for games on micro:bit's LED matrix, or combine it with the radio functionality and use it as a controller for your robot.

Just slot in your micro:bit, then code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor. You can easily link functions to specific button presses, have the LEDs on each button light automatically on a touch, or set the LEDs manually.

Features

  • Comes fully-assembled and ready to use
  • 6 capacitive touch buttons
  • 6 bright white LEDs
  • CAP1166 capacitive touch and LED driver
  • Compatible with micro:bit
  • Microsoft MakeCode and MicroPython support
  • No soldering required!

Software 

You can code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor.

To add the touch:bit library in MakeCode, click on the cog at the top right hand corner, then "Add Package", then paste in the URL for the library: "https://github.com/pimoroni/pxt-touchbit". You can find full instructions at the GitHub repository for the library.