Hide and Seek Game

• The Signal Strength of a Radio Signal is used in your Mobile Phones

• Your mobile Communicates with the Best Cell Tower (Base Station)
• It determines which is the Best by looking at the Highest Signal Strength

The mobile Connects to This Cell

Tower as its Signal Strength is
Higher than from the Other Tower,
even though it’s Further Away.

The mobile Communicates with Both

Radio Signals will travel Cell Towers to measure which Signal is
Much Further in Open Spaces the Strongest.
like Fields because they don’t Even though the Cell Tower is Closer,
Loose their Signal Strength. there are Buildings in the Way that
Reduces the Signal Strength.
 Hide and Seek Game
Using the Signal Strength of the micro:bit’s Radio Feature
• The Object of the game is to Locate the Hidden Micro:bit
• The Search Unit displays the Signal Strength of the Hidden Unit

Code required for the Search Unit micro:bit Code required for the Hidden Unit micro:bit

This is like a Channel This Number can be Any Both Units must be This Received Number As you Approach the
Number on your TV Number as it is Not Used Tuned to the Same is Ignored as it’s the Hidden Micro:bit the
Channel Number Signal Strength we are Number Increases up to
Interested In 9 which is the Closest

This is a way to Scale

a Range of Values to
a Different Range
“Handshaking”