A Simple Fan

A Simple Fan

Introduction

The hot seasons are always sweating us and making the body sticky and uncomfortable, which would lead to the loss of body water, and you feel a dry tongue, even to catch a heatstroke. Therefore, a suitable cooling device would be helpful. We have many cooling methods, such as: air conditioning, fans, frozen drinks, etc. Let's make a simple little fan today.

Materials Required

micro:bit X 1

USB cable X 1

RJ11 Cable X 1

Nezha Breakout Board X 1

Motor X 1

Steps

Bricks Build-up: Please find the reference in the PDF:

A-Simple-Fan.pdf

Connect the motor and Nezha breakout board with the bricks.

A Simple Fan

Connect the motor to M1 port on Nezha.

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Result

Program to drive the fan through the buttons on the micro:bit.

Click “Advanced” in the MakeCode to see more choices.

A Simple Fan

For programming, we need to add a package: click “Extensions” at the bottom of the MakeCode drawer and search with “nezha” in the dialogue box to download it.

A Simple Fan

Notice: If you met a tip indicating that some codebases would be deleted due to incompatibility, you may continue as the tips say or create a new project in the menu.

Program:

A Simple Fan

Link: https://makecode.microbit.org/_av1Mdb3i5Ybd

Result

Press button A to drive the fan and button B to stop.