Suggested Craft Supplies (Get permission to use these things you can find around the home!)
- Cardboard
- Recycled materials
- Paper cups
- Masking tape
- Markers
- Craft sticks
- Straws
- Scissors
- Cutting blade
- Cutting mat
- Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
Email support@birdbraintechnologies.com with questions.
- Learn one possible design for a #TinyDrummer character as we deconstruct a single-arm tiny drummer project.
- Put your own spin on this design! Add more arms, more drums, LEDs, etc.!
Tiny Drummer Build Tutorial video: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/drummer-bot/
- Learn one possible design for a #TinyDrummer character as we deconstruct a multi-arm tiny drummer project.
- Put your own spin on this design! Change the design, change the drums, add LEDs, etc.!
Find the LED and motor insert hacks on this page: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/adding-hummingbird-components/
If you haven’t gone through the video courses that teach you how to set up and program your Hummingbird kit, you should do so before trying to program your #tinydrummer.
There is a course using Birdblox for tablet, iPad, Kindle, and smartphone users and a course using MakeCode for computer and Chromebook users
Here are links to the BirdBlox code we built in the video translated into Makecode:
- Single-Armed Drummer: https://makecode.microbit.org/_a0rD5DJY7VuU
- Multi-Armed Drummer: https://makecode.microbit.org/_ckPLWp1WHcHg
- Make sure you note what angle represents “up” for your drummer’s arm, and what angle represents “down.” (It will be different than the angles represented in the video).
- If your arm is not oriented correctly, you can pop the servo horn off and physically reposition it, or fix it through coding.
- What should you do next?
- After you make your drummer share it with us on social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) with the tags: @birdbraintech, #hummingbirdkit, and #tinydrummer. We can’t wait to see what you make!
- Join an upcoming webinar. See all upcoming webinars here: www.birdbraintechnologies.com/roboticsathome
Tiny Drummer Build Tutorial video: https://learn.birdbraintechnologies.com/hummingbirdbit/build/drummer-bot/
Explore the resources on our site through the learning portal to build your OWN creation!
Email support@birdbraintechnologies.com with questions.
