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Touch Develop Documentation
Touch Develop docs for the micro:bit #docs #contents #apis #functions #language #statements
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@parent editor-documentation
@short Touch Develop
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Welcome to the Touch Develop home page for the BBC micro:bit. Below you will find resources about the Touch Develop programming language and code editor. Good places to start include:
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Language
Variables
Types
Statements and control structures
Maths
- arithmetic operators (
+,-,*,/, mod) on Numbers - comparison operators (such as
>,=) on Numbers - the math library
- the bits library
Logical
Strings
Functions
Collections
- read the collections tutorial
Custom object types
- see the object types tutorial
- read the object disclaimer if you're an advanced user
Libraries
Documentation
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BBC micro:bit functions
Basic
LED
- brightness
- fade in
- fade out
- plot
- plot all
- point
- screenshot
- set display mode
- set brightness
- stop animation
- toggle
- toggle all
- unplot
Input
- acceleration
- rotation
- button is pressed
- compass heading
- temperature
- running time
- on shake
- on button pressed
- on logo down
- on logo up
- on pin pressed
- on screen down
- on screen up
- pin is pressed
Image
Music
Pins
- digital read pin
- digital write pin
- analog read pin
- analog write pin
- analog set period
- analog pitch
- analog set pitch pin
- servo write pin
- servo set pulse
- map
Control
Devices
Functions in this category require to be connected to a remote device.
Libraries
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Run
Debugging
- use the serial library to print data from your micro:bit on your computer
- learn about the device error codes that are displayed when sad faces occur