Micro Bit getting started
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When plugged into Ubuntu 22.04 via the USB Micro-B the Micro Bit mounts as:
e.g.:
for username
/media/$USER/MICROBIT//media/ciro/MICROBIT/ciro.Loading the program is done by simply copying a
The file name does not matter, only the
.hex binary into the image e.g. with:
cp ~/Downloads/microbit_program.hex /media/$USER/MICROBIT/.hex extension.The back power light flashes while upload is happening.
Flashing takes about 10-15 seconds for the 1.8 MB scroll display hello world from microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/v1.0.1/tutorials/hello.html:
and the program starts executing immediately after flash ends.
from microbit import *
display.scroll("Hello, World!")You can restart the program by clicking the reset button near the USB. When you push down the program dies, and it restarts as soon as you release the button.