{"id":20329,"date":"2020-06-08T09:11:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T08:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2020-06-08T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T08:11:14","slug":"turn-your-microbit-into-an-iot-device-using-an-elecfreaks-add-on-board-and-then-power-it-from-a-chargeable-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20329","title":{"rendered":"Turn your micro:bit into an IoT device using an ElecFreaks add-on board and then power it from a chargeable battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?resize=400%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?resize=260%2C346&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iotbitsetup.png?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloggedin.co.uk\/using-the-microbit-for-some-serious-iot-with-the-elecfreaks-iotbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a>&#8216;s an interesting way of using the micro:bit &#8211; as an IoT sensor device that can be deployed remotely. By using an <a href=\"https:\/\/coolcomponents.co.uk\/products\/iot-bit-for-bbc-micro-bit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ElecFreaks IoT:bit<\/a> and some sensors, together with an <a href=\"https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online service called ThingSpeak<\/a> you can broadcast, capture, access and graph readings from the micro:bit. The IoT:bit has an ESP8266 on-board, allowing you to use the supplied MakeCode blocks to connect to your wifi. Then, it&#8217;s a simple matter of accessing readings from attached sensors and sending them to ThingSpeak. It&#8217;s ingenious, especially when combined with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkmakes.com\/mb_charger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MonkMakes charger kit for the microbit<\/a> which is also <a href=\"https:\/\/coolcomponents.co.uk\/products\/charger-kit-for-micro-bit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available from Cool Components<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggedin.co.uk\/using-the-microbit-for-some-serious-iot-with-the-elecfreaks-iotbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read the full story over on BloggedIn.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8216;s an interesting way of using the micro:bit &#8211; as an IoT sensor device that can be deployed remotely. By using an ElecFreaks IoT:bit and some sensors, together with an online service called ThingSpeak you can broadcast, capture, access and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20329\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Turn your micro:bit into an IoT device using an ElecFreaks add-on board and then power it from a chargeable battery","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,26,96,62],"tags":[909,120],"class_list":["post-20329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","category-internet-of-things","category-microbit","category-sensors","tag-bloggedin","tag-iot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Turn your micro:bit into an IoT device using an ElecFreaks add-on board and then power it from a chargeable battery - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20329\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turn your micro:bit into an IoT device using an ElecFreaks add-on board and then power it from a chargeable battery - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8216;s an interesting way of using the micro:bit &#8211; as an IoT sensor device that can be deployed remotely. 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