Calliope Calliope mini User manual

MAKING. CODING. FUN.

THESE PARTS ARE NEEDED:
Battery holder
AA+
2x
Batteries
USB cable
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Bring your Calliope mini to life.
You can invent games, send secret messages,
compose music and build robots!
Create the rst projects for your mini computer
using simple programming blocks. It’s as easy as
pie: Just put the blocks together and you’ll have
your rst program only a few clicks later.
DESIGN THE DIGITAL WORLD
WITH CALLIOPE MINI
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What your Calliope mini can do:
Your Calliope mini contains an LED grid with ve
red lights, a microphone, a speaker, a multicolor
RGB LED that can show all colors, a motion sen-
sor, touch sensitive pins and two buttons (A+B).
Furthermore, the mini can measure temperature
and brightness and connect to other Calliope
minis using a radio protocol. You can connect
motors and additional sensors and program your
mini via Bluetooth.
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LET’S GO
Before you can start you have to hook up the
Calliope mini to a power source. Carefully plug
in the battery holder included or connect to a
computer via USB.
You are welcomed by a short demo sequence
which helps you getting used to the buttons and
the basic functions.
There are some applications pre-installed on the
Calliope mini so you can try it right away without
connecting it to the computer.
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Press the buttons A and B
simultaneously to start the
menu. The LED display shows
the number 1. Choose an exer-
cise between 1 and 5 by swit-
ching up with B and switching
down with A.
Lightly shake the Calliope mini
to start the chosen exercise.
Let’s go!
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Ask your Calliope mini a question and it will give
you the answer.
You only need button A for this
exercise.
Ask your Calliope mini a simple
question that can be answered
with Yes or No.
1CALLIOPE-MINI-ORACLE
A
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Press button A on your Calliope
mini.
The Calliope mini will then
return an answer. For no the
Calliope mini will show: for
yes: !
Press button A and B simul-
taneously to go back to the
menu. You can choose another
exercise there.
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Who will be the champion of ‘rock, paper, scis-
sors and well’ ? Use the motion sensor of your
Calliope mini and you will nd out.
Put the board into your hand
and shake it lightly.
One out of four symbols will
randomly appear on the LED display.
Your counterpart shakes another Calliope mini at
the same time or uses his or her own hand and
chooses between one of these four symbols:
2ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
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