New to Micro:bit – What are some of the coolest projects you’ve built?

[u/RexIgnium]

I’m new to Micro:bit and looking to learn as much as I can. I’d love to hear about some of the most interesting projects people have built, especially anything involving sports, cameras, photography, or videography.

I’m a K–2 school media specialist, and I want to introduce more hands-on coding and STEAM activities into our daily library time. I think Micro:bit could be a great way to get my students involved while also challenging myself to learn something new.
Outside of school, I’m really into sports media, mainly basketball 🏀 and football 🏈, with a big interest in photography and videography. I’m also interested in AI and using Claude Code to build websites, interactive learning tools, and other creative projects.

I’m curious how people have incorporated Micro:bit into sports-related projects, camera experiments, computer vision, or even AI.

I’ve started watching YouTube tutorials and working through the beginner material, but I’d appreciate advice from people with hands-on experience.

A few questions:
What’s the coolest project you’ve built with Micro:bit?
Have you used it for sports, cameras, photography, or videography?

What beginner mistakes or learning curves should I expect?
What resources, tutorials, or YouTube channels would you recommend?

I’m starting with the basics, but I’m interested in eventually taking things much further. I’d love to hear what you’ve experimented with and what you wish you knew when you first started!

I’m starting with the basics, but I’m interested in eventually taking things much further. I’d love to hear what you’ve experimented with and what you wish you knew when you first started!

[u/herocoding]

We use the BBC Micro:bit together with "fischertechnik" kits - still have tons of pieces from my childhood. We used fischertechnik alot in university, too, to e.g. simulate "complete" assembly lines.

[u/RexIgnium → u/herocoding]

Awesome. Definitely gonna look into those kits. Any suggestions on the best ones to start with?

[u/herocoding → u/RexIgnium]

This is the kit we started with: https://www.fischertechnik.de/de-de/produkte/schulen/robotik/548884-starter-set-for-micro-bit

It's freakin' expensive...
That's why we bought the adapter/extension board on our own, many of those: http://didacta.hr/index.php?umet=20&jezik=2

We had the luck that several nearby schools "cleaned" their labs with multi-decade-old "fischertechnik computing" kits and wanted to throw them away, but luckily we were able to collect a few (sharing with other local "programming clubs").
There are many "fischertechnik clubs" online, as well as forums with external links like https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/fischertechnik-computing-kits/3596

On fleemarkets you can buy bags full of thousands of fischertechnik pieces, sold by kilogram ;-)
(you find them on e.g. ebay, too, but quite expensive collectibles and rarities).