FindIT

Inspiration

We wanted to attempt a hardware hack for the first time on a hackathon.

What it does

We created a game, that utilizes micro:bits to recreate the warmer / colder finding game. You can find one micro:bit using the other one by seeing the changes in signal strength that are represented by leds.

How I built it

We used JavaScript, Python and micro:bits

Challenges I ran into

Getting the python library to work. When we first started developing the project we started developing it in python. After a while, we found out, that the python library doesn't work.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We got it to work and we used some quite advanced mathematics to calculate the distance by signal strength changes.

What I learned

That playing with hardware is as exciting as it is to do purely software-based hacks. It's a nice experience to be able to hold the thing you're working on in your hand, not just see it on the screen...