pxt-calliope/README.md

micro:bit target for PXT

This target allow to program a BBC micro:bit using PXT (Microsoft Programming Experience Toolkit).

• Try it live

Local server

Setup

The following commands are a 1-time setup after synching the repo on your machine.

• clone this repo to your computer
• install the PXT command line

npm install -g pxt

• install the dependencies

npm install

Running

Run this command to open a local web server (add sudo for Mac/Linux shells)

pxt serve

If the local server opens in the wrong browser, make sure to copy the URL containing the local token. Otherwise, the editor will not be able to load the projects.

If you need modify the .cpp files, turn on yotta compilation with the -yt flag (add sudo for Mac/Linux shells):

pxt serve -yt

To make sure you're running the latest tools, run (add sudo for Mac/Linux shells)

pxt update

More instructions at https://github.com/Microsoft/pxt#running-a-target-from-localhost

Universal Windows App

The Windows 10 app is a Universal Windows Hosted Web App that wraps m.pxt.io and provides additional features.

Building

• Install Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 or higher. Make sure the Windows 10 templates are installed.
• open the win10/app.sln solution and launch the m.pxt.io project.