This target allows you to program a BBC micro:bit using PXT (Microsoft Programming Experience Toolkit).
Please add an issue if you discover an (unreported) bug.
The local server lets you to run the editor and serve the documentation from your own computer.
This section explains how to setup your development environment for pxt-microbit, whether that be to run a copy locally or to make source changes.
Note that pxt-microbit can not be run without its main dependancy, pxt. Below explains how to setup both.
The following commands perform a one-time setup after synching the repo on your machine.
- Note for any editing of the
.cpp
files, Yotta must be installed. To do so, follow the instructions on their site. - Install node.js 8.9.4 or higher.
- Install requirements for pxt. Note the v0 branch must be used for pxt-microbit (add
sudo
for Mac/Linux shells).
npm install -g jake
npm install -g typings
- Clone the pxt repository and set it to the v0 branch.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/pxt
cd pxt
git checkout v0
- Install the pxt dependencies.
npm install
typings install
jake
cd ../
- Clone this repo to your computer.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-microbit
cd pxt-microbit
- install the PXT command line (add
sudo
for Mac/Linux shells).
npm install -g pxt
- install the dependencies
npm install
- Link pxt-microbit back to base pxt repo.
npm link ../pxt
Note the above command assumes the folder structure of
makecode
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pxt pxt-microbit
Run this command from inside pxt-microbit to open a local web server (add sudo
for Mac/Linux shells)
pxt serve --cloud
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 (and have installed yotta), enable yotta compilation by removing the --cloud
flag (add sudo
for Mac/Linux shells):
pxt serve
To update your PXT version and make sure you're running the latest tools, run (add sudo
for Mac/Linux shells):
pxt update
More instructions are at https://github.com/Microsoft/pxt#running-a-target-from-localhost
The pxt-microbit target depends on several other repos. The main ones are:
- https://github.com/Microsoft/pxt, the PXT framework
- https://github.com/lancaster-university/microbit, basic wrapper around the DAL
- https://github.com/lancaster-university/microbit-dal
See the MakeCode blog.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.