Old-Timey Twitter

Challenge

The microbit radio can be used to send text over short distances. In this exercise we will try using the radio functions to send text messages to microbits in the immediate area. The same code should be used on each microbit for sending and receiving.

Requirements

• Two microbits.

Extensions

• Change the message
• Radio broadcasts to all microbits within reach. Create a private message between two specific microbits.

Hint: radio.config(channel=20)

Example Solution

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from microbit import *
import radio

radio.on()

your_tweet = 'hi'

while True:
    if button_a.was_pressed():
	   radio.send(your_tweet)

    received_tweet = radio.receive()

    if received_tweet:
        display.scroll(received_tweet)

    sleep(100)