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Other programming languages

Overview​

Aside from the officially supported editors: MakeCode and Python there are a number of different languages that include support for the micro:bit.

This resource aims to compile a list of these programming languages with a link to the documentation, plus an example program.

Submissions​

To add a new language to the page, edit the page on Github. For a language to be accepted its implementation must be complete enough to display a heart on the display!

Please format the addition using this template:

Language name​

Project Homepage

Example

micro:bit heart​

    example code to show a heart on the display

Alternate languages​

Ada​

Project Homepage

Example

micro:bit heart​

with MicroBit.Display;

procedure Main is
begin

   loop
      MicroBit.Display.Display ("<3");
   end loop;
end Main;

Rust​

Project Homepage: Discover Microcontrollers Using Rust

Examples:

micro:bit heart​

#![deny(unsafe_code)]
#![no_main]
#![no_std]

use cortex_m_rt::entry;
use rtt_target::rtt_init_print;
use panic_rtt_target as _;
use microbit::{
    board::Board,
    display::blocking::Display,
    hal::{prelude::*, Timer},
};

#[entry]
fn main() -> ! {
    rtt_init_print!();

    let board = Board::take().unwrap();
    let mut timer = Timer::new(board.TIMER0);
    let mut display = Display::new(board.display_pins);
    let heart = [
        [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [0, 1, 1, 1, 0],
        [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
    ];

    loop {
        // Show heart for 1000ms
        display.show(&mut timer, heart, 1000);
        display.clear();
        timer.delay_ms(1000_u32);
    }
}