Six handy touch-sensitive buttons and LEDs for your micro:bit. Use touch:bit as a controller for games on micro:bit’s LED matrix, or combine it with the radio functionality and use it as a controller for your robot.
Just slot in your micro:bit, then code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor. You can easily link functions to specific button presses, have the LEDs on each button light automatically on a touch, or set the LEDs manually.
Features
- Comes fully-assembled and ready to use
- 6 capacitive touch buttons
- 6 bright white LEDs
- CAP1166 capacitive touch and LED driver
- Compatible with micro:bit and micro:bit v2
- Microsoft MakeCode and MicroPython support
- No soldering required!
Software
You can code touch:bit with the block-based Microsoft MakeCode editor.
To add the touch:bit library in MakeCode, click on the cog at the top right hand corner, then “Add Package”, then paste in the URL for the library: “https://github.com/pimoroni/pxt-touchbit”. You can find full instructions at the GitHub repository for the library.
Fast Shipping and Professional Packing
We offer a broad range of shipping options due to our long-standing partnerships with UPS, FedEx and DHL. Our warehouse staff is highly trained and will pack the goods according to our precise and exact specifications. Before shipping, all goods will be thoroughly examined and securely secured. We deliver to hundreds of thousands of customers every day in different countries. The fact that we are determined to become the largest online retailer in the world is evident. Warehouses and distribution centres can be located in Europe as well as the USA.
Note: Orders with more than one item will be assigned a separate processing time for each item.
Before shipment, all ordered items will be thoroughly examined. Most orders are now shipped within 48 hrs. Delivery is expected to take between 3 and seven days.
Returns
Stock is dynamic, and cannot be fully controlled by us because of the involvement of multiple parties including the factory and our warehouse. This means that the actual stock could alter at any time. It's possible that the stocks could be depleted after your order has been processed.
The policy is for 30 days. Unfortunately, if 30 days have passed from the date you purchased the item, we will not be able to provide a refund or exchange.
The item must not be in use and must be in the original packaging. You must have the item in the original packaging.
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