DIY micro:bit pinball game

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This pinball game made out of wood uses the BBC micro:bit to keep the score. The buzzer, which is connected to the micro:bit, makes a sound when you hit the target. And the hacked Christmas lights twinkle when you've scored a point, which is also controlled by the micro:bit.
The buzzer is connected to pin 0, the lights are connected to pin 1 and both targets are connected to pin 2.
This video is made for parents and educators who are interested in making their own coding and robotics projects and who might want to teach kids how to do that.
If you would like to check out my code, you can download it from my Google drive: drive.google.com/file/d/1muZ-...
If you like this video, maybe you like to check out my wooden maze for the micro:bit too: • DIY micro:bit MAZE or my reaction game ( • DIY micro:bit reaction... ) or my archery game for the BCC microbit ( • DIY micro:bit archery ... ) or a cool marble game made by two of my students ( • DIY micro:bit Plinko (... ).
Thanks to Herman van Schie for the idea of how to make the targets. See this page (in Dutch): demicrobit.wordpress.com/52-a...
Thanks to Skills Dojo for the idea to hack your Christmas lights: • Hack de kerstverlichti...
*** Nederlandstalige versie van dit flipperspel-filmpje: • Flipperkastje met micr... ***

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3 янв 2018

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@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

If you would like to see a more simple version of this pinball game, please check my blog for some photos of pinball games made by kids: programmeren-met-scratch.blogspot.com/2018/01/flipperkastje-voor-de-bbc-microbit.html

@pinkypepper 4 года назад

Photos of a cool remix of this pinball game made with cardboard and steel sponge made by kids of the Club Robotique de Symbiose can be found at my Twitter account: twitter.com/PinkyPepper_/status/1196800742574764032

@tinafountain9143 6 лет назад

Thanks for the inspiration it has given me a great idea for an end of year class project.

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Thanks for telling me. Great that you're using this idea for an end of year class project. If you would like to see a pinball game that is less difficult to make for kids, please check out my blog: programmeren-met-scratch.blogspot.nl/2018/01/flipperkastje-voor-de-bbc-microbit.html The blog post is in Dutch, but if you scroll down a bit, you can find some photo's of the more simple version of my pinball game. Two of them are made by kids, the first one is my example. One piece of advice. In order for the target to make contact long enough it is very important that it hits a metal that's free to move, otherwise the time that the electrical circuit is closed becomes too short for the micro:bit to detect. GOOD LUCK! I would love see what your students made when your project is finished.

@tinafountain9143 6 лет назад

PinkyPepper thanks for the advice I will post some of the finished products

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Thanks in advance and good luck!

@derjansan9564 2 года назад

Extremely cool. You could even use the acceleration sensor to implement a tilt mechanism :)

@pinkypepper 2 года назад

Thanks! That´s an interesting idea ;-) I haven't tried that yet.

@oliwia3869 5 лет назад

You're amazing and your channel is so good!

@gort59 4 года назад

Lots of great fun and educational too! Like the explanation of the switch building👍😀🤡

@pinkypepper 4 года назад

Thank you! I saw you were working on a Turing Machine out of Lego. Maybe you also like a game called Turing Tumble. I just bought it a few weeks ago and I really like it. The makers of the game use marbles to explain how a computer works and one of the puzzles is adding two numbers.

@gort59 4 года назад

Thanks, but I already own a Digicomp 2 computer and it works in the same fashion😀 Great teaching toy from what I see.

@harasen_haras5 6 лет назад

That is awesome!

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Thanks! It was really fun to make this pinball game. Programming the micro:bit is a bit like coding in Scratch, although you have to download your code and upload it to the micro:bit every time you make a change. That's a bit annoying, but other than that you can do cool things with it.

@harasen_haras5 6 лет назад

Programming has been more complicated than that before... back when there were no digital programming languages yet and you had to mail a thing to a big computer and get a test of your program mailed back. An interesting thing to think about.

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Yes, you're right. I've just read the book Hidden figures, which is about human computers: woman who were very good at math and did a lot of calculations for the engineers of NASA.

@harasen_haras5 6 лет назад

Cool!

@Menno.078 5 лет назад

boi show us how to build this

@benjifly2006 3 года назад

Son: Mom, can we buy a pinball set? Mom: No, we already have a pinball set at home. The pinball set at home:

@pinkypepper 3 года назад

LOL

@roleks560 5 лет назад

cool

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@sanketghorpade5877 5 месяцев назад

Can you please provide the circuit diagram for the same, please.

@hoisadora 6 лет назад

Hey just wondering. what are the items needed to make this pinball game?

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Hi, besides wood I used christmas lights, a simple speaker, aluminium foil, "spring steel", which I bought at this shop: nl.opitec.com/opitec-web/articleNumber/817794 , a marble, elastic strings, some tin electrical wire, tape, a ketchup bottle pod, a straw, a skewer, beads for underneath the wooden stars, and nails ofcourse. Does this answer your question? Greetings, PinkyPepper

@hoisadora 6 лет назад

PinkyPepper it certainly did . thanks !

@raphaeltan8824 5 лет назад

Hi Pinky, I am creatin my own micro:bit pinball. Can I ask what you used as a power source?

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

Cool. I just use the normal batteries for the micro:bit. I am using christmas lights that work well with 2 AA batteries. Good luck with your own pinball game. I would love to see a photo or video when you're finished.

@raphaeltan8824 5 лет назад

PinkyPepper. thanks for your reply.. Do you mean that the micro:bit is powered by 2 AAA batteries, while the lights are powered by a separate 2AA power pack?

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

@@raphaeltan8824 You´re welcome. No, I don´t use a seperate 2AA power pack. Two AAA batteries provide the same voltage as two AA batteries and that´s enough for the hacked christmas lights I am using.

@raphaeltan8824 5 лет назад

PinkyPepper thanks for clarifying. So just 1 pack of power source of 2 AAA batteries for micro:bit and the lights and sound? I am having difficulties having long enough contact time for the micro:bit to detect the connection. Can you show the back of the target? Thanks

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

@@raphaeltan8824 Yes, for a simple speaker and led lights that's okay. Having long enough contact time is the most difficult part of making a pinball game with the micro:bit. I've used spring steel for this, which I bought in this shop: nl.opitec.com/opitec-web/articleNumber/817794 At 0.45 seconds you see the back of the target and in the slow motion you can see the spring steel and the target move together for a little while. This is just long enough for the micro:bit to detect it. If I would use tape on both sides to stick the spring steel to the wood, it wouldn't work...

@tuyettnhii123 5 лет назад

Can you help me about how to connect wire with the microbit

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

Hi, do you mean how to connect a wire with the micro:bit in general or would you like to know how to connect the wires when making a pinball machine?

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

@Nhi Ngo Hi, I've connected the speaker to Pin 0 and the GND pin, the christmas lights to Pin 1 and the GND pin and both targets are connected to Pin 2 and to the GND pin. To connect so many wires to the GND pin I connected one big wire to that pin and connected the other wires to that big wire. Connecting wires to the micro:bit can be done in several ways. You can use crocodille or banana clips, or you can tape the conducting part of a wire to one of the pins. Just make sure the wire isn't touching one of the other pins at the same time. Good luck!

@tuyettnhii123 5 лет назад

We got trouble because we already connected targets and wires together but sometimes it working and sometimes it’s didn’t:((( I don’t know how to get this work

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

@@tuyettnhii123 If it does work sometime, the wiring should be correct. If the wires don't touch other pins, it might have to do with the contact time between the target itself and the conducting piece it has to touch. Having long enough contact time between those two is the most difficult part of making a pinball game with the micro:bit. I've used spring steel for this, which I bought in this shop: nl.opitec.com/opitec-web/articleNumber/817794 At 0.45 seconds you see the back of the target and in the slow motion you can see the spring steel and the target move together for a little while. This is just long enough for the micro:bit to detect it. If I would use tape on both sides to stick the spring steel to the wood, it wouldn't work, because the contact time would be too short...

@adelcenollari7867 6 лет назад

HELLO i want to ask u bout smth in this project can you answer me ?

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Okay, what is your question?

@pinkypepper 6 лет назад

Okay, cool. One piece of advice. In order for the target to make contact long enough it is very important that it hits a metal that's free to move, otherwise the time that the electrical circuit is closed becomes too short for the micro:bit to detect. If you would like to see a pinball game that is a bit less difficult to make, please check out my blog: programmeren-met-scratch.blogspot.nl/2018/01/flipperkastje-voor-de-bbc-microbit.html The blog post is in Dutch, but if you scroll down a bit, you can find some photo's of the more simple version of my pinball game. If you would like to check out my code, you can download it as a .hex-file from my Google drive: drive.google.com/file/d/1muZ-a7jRzwNMWXpXC5sDxmgk-FiCDjQl/edit I could tell you more, but I don't what kind of information you are looking for. So feel free to ask a few more specific questions. Good luck with your own project!

@DeHeleOlifant 5 лет назад

@@pinkypepper wij hebbben dit ook gemaakt. Alles werkt prima als ik het met de hand aantikt. Met een knikker lukt het niet. Je zegt hier dat het moet kunnen meebewegen anders heb je niet lang genoeg contact. Hoe heb je dit gedaan. Want wij krijgen het niet goed werkende.

@pinkypepper 5 лет назад

@@DeHeleOlifant Hallo, leuk dat jullie ook een flipperkastje hebben gemaakt met de micro:bit. Ik heb hier zogenoemd veerstaal voor gebruikt. Dat mag maar aan één kant vastzitten. Aan de andere kant zit het los tegen het hout aan. Het veert mee naar achteren als de knikker tegen het doel aankomt en veert daarna weer terug. Met een spijker zorg ik dat het niet te ver naar achteren gaat. Het veerstaal heb ik overigens bij de internetwinkel Opitec gekocht: nl.opitec.com/opitec-web/articleNumber/817794/zz/cID/c3I6QnJvbnplbiB2ZWVyYmFuZDc= Daar noemen ze het "bronzen veerband".

@christinebourrelly2629 4 года назад

Hi Pinkypepper ! thanks for those great videos. We leave in New Caledonia. We are trying to make the pinball with the kids (aged 9 to 12) .I would like to read your code. I've imported the file ( microbic-pinball-game.hex) from your drive, but when I import it into makecode, I cannot read anything.. Can you help me ? Thanks