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Plug the main board, switch and buzzer blocks into your baseboard like the picture. You can click on the picture to zoom in.
2
Plug in the cables like the picture - the switch block should be plugged into P1, and the buzzer into P0.
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Plug in your micro:bit with the USB Cable, and transfer the program you have just downloaded.
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Test it out! Can you work out what the program does? When you press the switch, the buzzer should beep.
6
Morse Code is a way of sending messages using a series of dots (short buzzes) and dashses (long buzzes). Have a look at the chart (click on it to zoom in) for how each letter is made up - for example, an S is 3 dots. Can you work out how to send your name in Morse Code?
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Can you change your invention so that it uses the LED block instead, so flashes a light when you press the button? This is how you can send morse code over long distances, like between 2 ships!
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For advanced inventors - can you change the program so that it sends a distress signal, or 'SOS' automatically?
