Inputs
An instrument used for determining direction.
What is a compass?
This output device produces tones.
What is a buzzer?
A standard, short-range wireless connection for electronic devices.
What is Bluetooth?
These light up on a Micro:bit.
What are LED's?
Data represented as either yes/no or true/false.
What is digital?
This input device measures the amount of pressure being applied.
What is a pressure sensor?
A semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current.
What is an LED (light-emitting diode)?
To identify bugs or errors in computer hardware or programs and fix them.
What is to debug?
Used in Makecode to create codes for the Micro:bit.
What are code blocks?
On Button A pressed is an example of this type of block.
What is an input block?
An input device that detects light level.
These are needed to connect an output device to a Micro:bit.
What is an alligator clip or alligator pin?
Data that ranges on a continuous scale.
A 5x5 grid make up that displays icons, words, & numbers.
What is a LED grid?
Someone who uses computers to create interactive experiences or solve problems.
What is a computer scientist?
An analog input device that provides values for the amount of bend it senses.
This pin provides an electrical current from the Micro:bit to the output.
What is the 3V pin?
A small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor, memory, and programmable inputs and outputs.
What is a microcontroller?
This platform is used for coding a Micro:bit.
What is Makecode?
The meaning of the acronym CSIM.
What is Computer Science for Innovators & Makers?
A device that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (as for measurement or operating a control).
What is a sensor?
This pin provides a place for the electricity to exit the circuit.
What is the GND pin?
An ordered set of instructions that are used to carry out a task.
What is an algorithm?
The file type that can be imported into Makecode & downloaded to the Micro:bit.
What is a hex file?
A flaw in a computer program that causes the program to produce an incorrect result or behavior.
What is a bug?