{"id":35764,"date":"2024-02-09T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genielab.co\/how-to-connect-the-microbit-to-a-computer-and-then-upload-a-code-file-to-the-microbit\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:38:51","slug":"how-to-connect-the-microbit-to-a-computer-and-then-upload-a-code-file-to-the-microbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genielab.co\/en\/how-to-connect-the-microbit-to-a-computer-and-then-upload-a-code-file-to-the-microbit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect the micro:bit to a computer and then upload a code file to the micro:bit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How to connect the micro:bit to a computer and then upload a code file to the micro:bit?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Before watching the video below, which guides you through uploading your code file to the micro:bit<\/strong>, we invite you to watch our video, which explains how to connect the micro:bit to your computer using a USB cable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The cable plugs into your computer’s USB<\/strong> port, and the computer plugs into the micro:bit. Once plugged in, we can immediately see what we’re going to do on screen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Next, we’ll take you through Kyle’s step-by-step instructions for uploading<\/strong> your code<\/strong> to the micro:bit<\/strong>. There are several possible methods for uploading your code file to your micro:bit, but the simplest is as follows.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Once you’ve connected the micro:bit<\/strong> to your computer, you can then click on the three little dots next to the “Download” button on the screen and select “Pair device”.<\/p>\n

When this is done, you’ll see a window appear on your screen, which may be different depending on the browser<\/strong> you’re using. The same window should appear if you’re using Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. Keep clicking on pair device in the new window until a white pop-up window appears.<\/p>\n

In this new window, click on “BBC micro:bit CMSIS-DAP<\/strong>“, then confirm by clicking on “Connect<\/strong>“. Then go back to the three dots and select “Download to micro:bit<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

That’s all you need to do using method 1.<\/p>\n

Uploading is very important, because every time you make a change to your code, you’ll have to upload it to the micro:bit again.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The second method is a little more complex, but may suit you better depending on your browser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

First, open the document holder<\/strong> and slide to the left until you find “MICRO:BIT<\/strong>“. A window should open automatically when you connect the micro:bit<\/strong> to your computer, but if this doesn’t happen you can simply click on your computer’s briefcase and find the micro:bit file there.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve opened it you go back to MakeCode<\/strong> and click on “Download” or “Save”, which is the little blue icon with a floppy disk to the right of the download button.<\/p>\n

What these two options do is download the code, which should appear at the bottom of your screen in the download bar. Then you use the click-and-drag method by holding down the button on the file<\/strong> that appears at the bottom and dragging it onto the briefcase icon and when your micro:bit file appears you can drag it onto this window and then release it in the briefcase.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry if the file icon starts flashing and disappears from the file you’ve just put it in, it means it’s worked.<\/p>\n

However, sometimes the file does not appear at the bottom of the screen. Simply go back to your briefcase and find your download<\/strong> file. The file you’ve just downloaded should be there, and as before, you’ll use the click-and-drag method to drag it to your micro:bit file.<\/p>\n

The next step is to connect the micro:bit to the piezoelectric speaker<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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