REKA:BIT Robotics Board for micro:bit
The REKA:BIT is a compact robotics expansion board for your BBC micro:bit (not included), providing a huge range of useful features, ports and onboard protection to help you make awesome micro:bit robotics projects. It's the smaller sibling of the popular EDU:BIT.
The helpful features (see below) such as the GPIO and motor indicator LEDs as well as test buttons and easy-to-use Grove ports make this a great choice for your first robotics project or educational environments, where fiddling with components and wires can be frustrating and distract students from learning how to code.
Program your REKA:BIT with the Microsoft MakeCode Editor. Just add REKA:BIT MakeCode Extension and you’re good to go. If you’re a beginner, you can start with the block programming mode; simply drag, drop and snap the coding blocks together. For more advanced users, you can easily switch to JavaScript or Python mode for text-based programming.
The REKA:BIT comes with a USB power/data cable, 4xAA battery holder, grove header cables, screwdriver and building block lift arm + pin. All you need to add is a micro:bit board (not included).
Features
Your micro:bit simply slots into the onboard connector, which then connects it to the many features on the board:
- 2x Motor terminals (connected to an onboard motor driver chip
- Drive two DC motors (1A continuous, 1.5A peak (< 5 seconds))
- 4x Servo headers
- Motor test buttons (no code required)
- Motor status LED indicators
- GPIO status indicators
- 6x Grove ports for adding sensors and other devices
- 2x Onboard addressable RGB LEDs
- Barrel Jack DC power input (3.6V - 6V)
- Undervoltage (LOW) indicator & protection
- Over-voltage (HIGH) indicator & protection
- On/off switch
- Power indication LEDs
- Dimensions: 10.4mm x 72mm x 15mm
The REKA:BIT features a co-processor to handle multi-tasking more efficiently. Playing music while controlling up to 4x servo motors and 2x DC motors, animating micro:bit LED matrix and even lighting up RGB LEDs in different colours, all at the same time, is not a problem for the REKA:BIT.
Specifications
| Parameters | Min | Max | Unit |
| Power Input Voltage | 3.6 | 6 | V |
| Analog Input Voltage | 0 | 3.3 | V |
| Total +3V3 Output Current (Grove Ports) |
- | 300 | mA |
| Maximum DC Motor Current Continuous |
- | 1 | A |
| Maximum DC Motor Current Peak (< 5 seconds) |
- | 1.5 | A |
Package Contents
- 1x REKA:BIT expansion board
- 1x USB power and data cable
- 1x 4xAA battery holder
- 1x Mini screwdriver
- 3x Grove to female header cable
- 2x Building block 1x9 lift arm
- 4x Building block friction pin
micro:bit board, motors or any other parts not listed here are not included
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Description
The REKA:BIT is a compact robotics expansion board for your BBC micro:bit (not included), providing a huge range of useful features, ports and onboard protection to help you make awesome micro:bit robotics projects. It's the smaller sibling of the popular EDU:BIT.
The helpful features (see below) such as the GPIO and motor indicator LEDs as well as test buttons and easy-to-use Grove ports make this a great choice for your first robotics project or educational environments, where fiddling with components and wires can be frustrating and distract students from learning how to code.
Program your REKA:BIT with the Microsoft MakeCode Editor. Just add REKA:BIT MakeCode Extension and you’re good to go. If you’re a beginner, you can start with the block programming mode; simply drag, drop and snap the coding blocks together. For more advanced users, you can easily switch to JavaScript or Python mode for text-based programming.
The REKA:BIT comes with a USB power/data cable, 4xAA battery holder, grove header cables, screwdriver and building block lift arm + pin. All you need to add is a micro:bit board (not included).
Features
Your micro:bit simply slots into the onboard connector, which then connects it to the many features on the board:
- 2x Motor terminals (connected to an onboard motor driver chip
- Drive two DC motors (1A continuous, 1.5A peak (< 5 seconds))
- 4x Servo headers
- Motor test buttons (no code required)
- Motor status LED indicators
- GPIO status indicators
- 6x Grove ports for adding sensors and other devices
- 2x Onboard addressable RGB LEDs
- Barrel Jack DC power input (3.6V - 6V)
- Undervoltage (LOW) indicator & protection
- Over-voltage (HIGH) indicator & protection
- On/off switch
- Power indication LEDs
- Dimensions: 10.4mm x 72mm x 15mm
The REKA:BIT features a co-processor to handle multi-tasking more efficiently. Playing music while controlling up to 4x servo motors and 2x DC motors, animating micro:bit LED matrix and even lighting up RGB LEDs in different colours, all at the same time, is not a problem for the REKA:BIT.
Specifications
| Parameters | Min | Max | Unit |
| Power Input Voltage | 3.6 | 6 | V |
| Analog Input Voltage | 0 | 3.3 | V |
| Total +3V3 Output Current (Grove Ports) |
- | 300 | mA |
| Maximum DC Motor Current Continuous |
- | 1 | A |
| Maximum DC Motor Current Peak (< 5 seconds) |
- | 1.5 | A |
Package Contents
- 1x REKA:BIT expansion board
- 1x USB power and data cable
- 1x 4xAA battery holder
- 1x Mini screwdriver
- 3x Grove to female header cable
- 2x Building block 1x9 lift arm
- 4x Building block friction pin
micro:bit board, motors or any other parts not listed here are not included
