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scroll:bit

SKU 2616
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Original Price £15.89 inc VAT
Current Price £12.32 inc VAT
£10.27 ex VAT
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scroll:bit is a little display with a lot of pixels! Its 119 bright white LEDs are perfect for scrolling messages with your micro:bit, or for animations, graphs, and more!

Just slot in your micro:bit, then code scroll:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor, or with MicroPython in the Mu code editor. It works in a very similar way to the built-in red LED matrix on your micro:bit, so if you've used that then you'll know exactly what to do.

Please note: 

  • This does not include a BBC micro:bit these are sold separately.
  • Comes fully assembled and ready to use
  • 17x7 matrix of bright white pixels (119 total)
  • Individual PWM brightness control of each pixel
  • Uses the IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip
  • Compatible with micro:bit
  • Microsoft MakeCode and MicroPython support
  • No soldering is required!

You can code scroll:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor, that'll get you started with the concepts of how to code a matrix of LEDs or, if you want to delve deeper, then you can use MicroPython in the Mu code editor.

To add the scroll:bit library in MakeCode, click on the cog at the top right-hand corner, then "Add Package", then search for "scrollbit". You can find full instructions at the GitHub repository for the library.

The MicroPython library for scroll:bit is also available at GitHub, again with full instructions on how to get going with it.