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Installation

This section will help you set up the tools and programs needed for developing programs and firmware to flash to the BBC micro:bit using MicroPython.

Dependencies

Development Environment

You will need:

  • git
  • yotta

Depending on your operating system, the installation instructions vary. Use the installation scenario that best suits your system.

Yotta will require an ARM mbed account. It will walk you through signing up if you are not registered.

Installation Scenarios

  • Windows <microbit-windows>
  • OS X <microbit-osx>
  • Linux <microbit-linux>
  • Debian and Ubuntu <microbit-debian-ubuntu>
  • Red Hat Fedora/CentOS <microbit-redhat>
  • Raspberry Pi <microbit-rpi>

Windows

When installing Yotta, make sure you have these components ticked to install.

  • python
  • gcc
  • cMake
  • ninja
  • Yotta
  • git-scm
  • mbed serial driver

OS X

Linux

These steps will cover the basic flavors of Linux and working with the micro:bit and MicroPython. See also the specific sections for Raspberry Pi, Debian/Ubuntu, and Red Hat Fedora/Centos.

Debian and Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:pmiller-opensource/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake ninja-build gcc-arm-none-eabi srecord libssl-dev
pip3 install yotta

Red Hat Fedora/CentOS

Raspberry Pi

Next steps

Congratulations. You have installed your development environment and are ready to begin flashing firmware <flashfirmware> to the micro:bit.