{"id":17463,"date":"2017-08-09T21:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17463"},"modified":"2017-08-09T22:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T21:11:13","slug":"use-a-microbit-to-control-music-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-the-bitio-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17463","title":{"rendered":"Use a micro:bit to control music on a Raspberry Pi with the bitio library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Giles Booth likes to try out new hardware by seeing if it can be made into a music player. This time, he’s used a micro:bit to control a Raspberry Pi’s music playing capabilities. By pressing A and B, he can change channels and by tilting the micro:bit from side to side, he can change the volume. The magic sauce that makes this all work is David Whale<\/a>‘s bitio Python library<\/a>\u00a0which gives users of Python on a Pi, PC or Mac access to the micro:bit’s sensors and buttons. You can read more about this project on Giles’ blog here<\/a>\u00a0and you can find out more about the bitio library here<\/a>. Get hold of a micro:bit from The Pi Hut<\/a>. Giles takes you through the operation of the system in the video below:<\/p>\n