Itty Bitty City of Tencent is the latest toy project developed by Microduino. It contains 8 interesting components. It is suitable for all levels of manufacturers, inventors or anyone with innovative ideas to jointly develop. From personalized piggy banks to personalized night lights that illuminate the entire room, and even a one-on-one basketball game, Itty Bitty City is a perfect toolkit to help you turn all your ideas into reality.
With the establishment of each new project in the city, users can learn how to effectively use the modules and their components. You can also split the basic code, reprogram it, and give the project its own personalized ideas. It can be said that Itty Bitty City electronic building block is a very good STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) modern teaching tool.
Each mCookie module and sensor has its own function so that communicating with each other is as simple as assembling them together using magnetic connectors. This modular design can greatly reduce the clutter of welding and complicated wiring, so you can focus on turning your ideas into reality.
All of our modules and sensors use LEGO style brackets and connectors. It can be easily used with Lego bricks and has excellent stability and durability.
The mCookie module can be programmed using the Arduino IDE development tool. In fact, many Arduino program code can be directly copied and pasted into our Core module. Each mCookie module and sensor has a powerful database that allows you to realize its full potential.
The mCookie module provides a drag-and-drop programming solution similar to the Scratch and Mixly programming tools. If you are new to programming, the Scratch and Mixly programming tools are the perfect solution to choose the command that the project executes, and then drag and drop it into the Core module. At the same time, this is also a perfect program for getting started with programming.
The mCookie module uses elastic gold fingers for connection, no longer requiring those bent pins, and this ensures the reliability of the connection and greatly increases the service life. Different colored modules represent different functions. Red represents the core control. They are responsible for uploading program code and controlling other modules, just like the brain of the entire project. The yellow module represents the function, each yellow module has its own specific function, such as accelerometer, audio, GPS and other functions. The blue module represents the communication, and the blue module is responsible for communicating with other devices. The wired mode may also be a wireless mode. For example, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions may be implemented. Finally, there is a green module that represents an extension function through which external components can be connected. For example, a coprocessor can allow more people to access the device.
In addition, the product also includes a stackable battery module to provide power for your creation. The battery design is an improvement of mCookie series products, it uses 850mAh lithium battery, the output voltage is 3.3V/5.5V, can also be used as upload base. Only need to adsorb the Core module to the mBattery battery module, and upload the code through the micro-USB interface. The mBattery module also uses the LEGO style block appearance.
You can also use the Bluetooth module to upload the code so that you do not need to connect the computer via the USB cable. Use the mobile phone to download the Microduino App from the Apple App Store and add the Bluetooth module to the project (sold separately). You can upload the code via Bluetooth, which is very convenient to use.
The following shows some good assembly effect
The “Lighthouse†can use the remote control to create its own light show, write its own program, make the lighthouse the center of the light show, and play some music at the same time.
The "smart car" is composed of various modules and sensors. The user can assemble a remote-controlled car or a self-driving car guided by black tape according to his preferences.
"Music Box" can store 11 songs, slide the slide to switch music, or play the uploaded music in order. If you want a more challenging project, you can also let the module play a specific chord, add chords to the music, and play your own music.
Currently, this Itty Bitty City electronic building block is being crowdfunded on the Indiegogo website. The price for the 8-in-1 package is $79 (about 532 yuan), and the price for the 102 mCookie module package is 52 dollars (about 350 yuan). ), is expected to start shipping in December 2016.
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