2.5 - Use the radio to control your monster and make it social.

The radio enables micro:bits to communicate with each other wirelessly. There are a number of ways this can be used by our monsters. The most basic way is to have one micro:bit send information to another micro:bit. The following video shows how to send messages between micro:bits.

One logical extension of sending messages between micro:bits is to use one micro:bit as a remote control for the other micro:bit. The “Mission Control” board makes this easy by providing a joystick, 4 buttons and an OLED screen. The following video talks through the key elements of a program that uses the Mission Control to control the monster “buggy”.