Sound Compass

The Project

In this project, I use the compass feature of the microbit to detect direction. When I rotate the microbit and it faces north, it displays the letter “N” on the LED screen and also plays an alarm sound. I programmed it to recognize the north direction based on its compass degree readings. When the direction falls within a certain range that I’ve set for north, the alert is triggered. I was inspired to make this project because I was curious about how digital compasses work and wanted to create a simple tool to help identify direction using both sound and visuals. The most challenging part was calibrating the compass and setting the correct range of degrees to reliably detect the north direction, but it was exciting to see it all come together! Thank you for checking out my project!

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