module 2C:

Mixing light colors

In this module, students will learn:

 How to mix colors
 Using values to mix light colors
 How to program and execute it
Recall: What is a RGB LED?
• RGB LED it is a LED that has 3 color
LED inside it (Red, Green, Blue). It can
produce over 16 million hues of light.

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Recall: How rgb LED works
• The RGB LED works the same as LEDs, but the
unique in RGB LED is you can set the power to the
respective color. If we put 0 power to red and blue
and we put 5V to green then we get green color.

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Recall: What is neopixel
• These are individually LEDs or RGB LEDs all
housed on a string that can be controlled from a
single pin or a single power.

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Recall: What is neopixel

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COLORS
Color is the element of art that is produced when
light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye.

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COLORS
In programming we change colors by changing the power
applying to it from range 0 to 255. 0 means no power and 255
means full power.

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Recall: How to connect mio jr. to your
pc
• First get your USB to Mini USB cable and plug it to the
Microcontroller (it can reattach to your Mio Jr.).

You should see this in

your PC. MATRIXBIT

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Recall: Makecode
1. Go to makecode.microbit.org
2. Click New project
3. Program and make your codes

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Recall: Makecode
4. Go to Settings and click Extensions.
5. Put in the search tab https://github.com/onion3/Zero
6. Press enter and click the extension showed up.

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Recall: Makecode

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Recall: Makecode
After you click it, it will download into your
workplace and this new menus will be added.

New added menus

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Recall: Makecode
After you code click save then put the download
file into your microcontroller’s folder.

Click this
Find where you
download it then copy
and paste your hex file
to the Matrixbit (G:)

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programming blocks
Programming Function

Set your setup for

Neopixels

Allow you to setup your

Neopixels properties

Allow you to light the

desired color

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programming blocks
Programming Function

Allow you to set custom

values

Pause for milliseconds

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Exercise # 1
Instruction: Guess the color using your Mio
Jr.
Use this blocks

Put this in this slot.

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Exercise # 1

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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ACtivity # 1
Instruction: Make a rainbow colors. Show
all the colors of a rainbow starting to red
to violet, and then from violet to red.
This loop will play forever.

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ACtivity # 1
Solution:

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GET EXCITED FOR THE NEXT
ONE!

In this module, students will learn:

 How to make a Christmas car
 How to program and execute it

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