microbit-compass drogue-device example

This example application runs out of the box on the BBC micro:bit v2.0. It uses the builtin magnetometer, accellerometer and LED matrix as a compass, where the LED matrix arrow points the direction.

Prerequisites

Hardware

  • BBC micro:bit v2.0

Software

To build and flash the example, you need to have rustup. In practice you can use whatever tool you want to flash the device, but this guide will assume that probe-run is used (cargo install probe-run).

Building

To build the firmware:

cargo build --release

Running

Flashing the firmware uses probe-run which auto-detects the probe connected to your device. The following command will build and flash the firmware and open the debugger console so you can see the console debug output.

cargo run --release

If you’re experiencing problems, try setting the VID:PID values to that of your probe (you can find that from lsusb once your board is powered).

cargo run --release -- --probe <VID>:<PID>

Once running, calibrate the sensor by filling lighting up all the LEDs.