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Monitoring home energy usage with the BBC micro:bit

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  • Duration: 1 min
  • Publication date: 23 Dec 2015
  • Part of series BBC micro bit programme

Abstract

In our daily lives we use a lot of electrical devices. This includes the things lighting and heating, which we often take for granted. Often we don’t think about the energy that they need to work. However, this energy costs money…

This video is part of the IET Faraday's teaching resources developed in December 2015 as part of the BBC micro:bit programme and explores the amount energy we use every day and how much it costs to the average homeowner.
For more information please visit http://www.ietfaraday.org or https://live.microbit.co.uk/

Keywords:
  • BBC
  • energy
  • heating
  • lighting
  • manufacture
  • micro:bit
  • thermistor
  • usage

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