CH15-A - Piezo Piano

We'll use Maker Tape to connect the four Buttons and the Piezo to the Bit Board on a LEGO baseplate.

Connect Buttons to Pin 1, Pin 2, Pin 3, and Pin 4. Each will also connect to Ground (GND).

The Piezo will connect to Pin 8 and to Ground (GND).

You'll notice the Ground on the Bit Board (as well as the Piezo, Buttons, and other Crazy Circuits components we'll use) is color coded White.

If you've never used a micro:bit before you'll want to check out this guide: Bit Board V2 Setup and Use

We're going to load the following code for our Piezo Piano program: https://makecode.microbit.org/_UtD0Dh3X3...

The micro:bit (since the release of version V2) has included a built-in piezo speaker on the back. You can use the built-in Piezo on a V2 micro:bit or connect a Crazy Circuits Piezo with Maker Tape as we've shown in this guide.

Each button will play a different tone when held down.

Once the code is loaded it should start running immediately.

You can power the micro:bit via the USB cable you used to load the code or you can use a battery pack plugged into the Bit Board.

This is just a simple piano with each button playing a different tone. (Feel free to change the tones!)

Follow along with our recorded Live Stream!

You can watch the full video of us walking through this project, along with explaining and exploring the code: https://youtube.com/live/c5Dt9VZ0Rnk