Kitronik Move App For Mobile Devices

Customer Notice (New Bluetooth App):

We have recently produced a new Google Play Store app called Kitronik Bluetooth Control. This Android app allows you to control a Kitronik Kitronik :MOVE mini buggy over Bluetooth. The new Kitronik Bluetooth Control app replaces our previous Android app that features in this resource. We suggest that you switch to this new app for a better and more consistent experience. See the links below for more details.

 

This Resource:

This FREE Kitronik Move App has been developed in response to the growing number of products and resources we've produced that make use of the microbit's Bluetooth functionality. kitronik-move-app-mobile-devices-main-image This page contains download links to the App and also links to resources and products. It will be updated on an ongoing basis, so please check back often.

Kitronik Move App:

The Kitronik Move App offers a D-Pad style interface that allows the user to control a microbit connected device over Bluetooth. It is an ideal accompaniment to our :MOVE mini buggy kit and much more. Adding Bluetooth functionality to :MOVE mini is as easy as putting some code onto the microbit and downloading the Move App. We also have plans to release the App for iOS, but at the moment it is only available for Android (5.0 - 8.0). The useful links below will be added to as and when new products and resources become available.
 

Getting started:

First please pair your microbit to the app device. A handy guide can be found here. If you microbit is already attached to :MOVE mini you can still pair it without dismantling it, you can find out how here. Another method (slightly quicker). Program the microbit with the onConnect and onDisconnect block before pairing. Then follow the above guide, however, instead of entering the number a tick will appear when paired.

How to connect:

From the navigation menu (slide from the very left edge of screen) click on "Connect to microbit". move-app-menu-870 At the bottom of the screen is a button that will state "SCAN FOR MICROBIT(S)" press the button and a list of microbits will appear. To connect to a microbit, select one from the list. A status title will appear to show the status of connection. move-app-scanning-870 This will say "connected" or "disconnected". When connected, the game pad will be active to use. move-app-connected-870

Game pad:

From the navigation menu (slide from left side of screen) click on "Game Pad". This will bring up two set of 4 buttons in a formation. It is possible to program the microbit to respond to any of these buttons. For a detailed guide to programming the microbit with these follow this link. To determine which button uses which event value, refer to table below. This gives a value for pressing and release of the button.
Button On Press On Release
DPAD UP BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_A_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_A_DOWN
DPAD DOWN BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_B_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_B_DOWN
DPAD LEFT BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_C_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_C_DOWN
DPAD RIGHT BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_D_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_D_DOWN
CIRCLE UP BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_1_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_1_DOWN
CIRCLE DOWN BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_2_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_2_DOWN
CIRCLE LEFT BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_3_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_3_DOWN
CIRCLE RIGHT BUTTON MES_DPAD_BUTTON_4_UP MES_DPAD_BUTTON_4_DOWN
 

Useful Links:

12 comments

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Hi Nicolas, thanks for the feedback. I will pass it onto the App developer.

Nicolas

Nicolas

Hi, I have found an error in the app: if the micro:bit that is connected with the Kitronik Move app via Bluetooth is turned off, then I cannot reconnect and I have to close the app and re-open it. It would be great if in this case (a connected micro:bit is turned off), when the micro:bit if turned back on, I could reconnect with the app.

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Not at the moment, sorry. The todo list very large when compared to the small group of people chipping away at it.

Warren Grieve

Warren Grieve

Any updates on the iPad app for the MOve mini?

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Hi, we have quite a few projects here that the App can be used for. There are several under the Robots/Buggies section, where the App can be used as a remote control: https://www.kitronik.co.uk/blog/bbc-microbit-kitronik-university/

tanawat taemthong

tanawat taemthong

Hello. Will you have a micro bit program that works with your apps?

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Did you follow the pairing process? If properly paired with a phone running a supported version of Android it should work. If you still can't get it to work after pairing, please contact support@kitronik.co.uk and the team will look into it for you.

leigha

leigha

everything seems to be working until i try to use the app…when i press the controls in the app my phone vibrates and the bit actually does nothin..anyone got any suggestions

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Hi Daniel, Try the information here; https://makecode.microbit.org/reference/bluetooth/bluetooth-pairing If this does not work in the way you expect, please drop us an email at support@kitronik.co.uk and we will see what we can do to help.

Daniel

Daniel

Hi, I am an educator and I was trying to use your Kitronik Move app with Bluetooth control; however, I am stucked at the connecting to bluetooth part which I am not able to establish a connection with my microbit board. I tried using other app like micro:bit developed by Samsung, I have no problem establishing a connection. I would like to ask you for any advice which I can perform to establish the connection? The app stopped at the part whereby the paired device was found, but when I press onto it, it cannot establish a connection. Thanks

Mark Donnison

Mark Donnison

Hi, we are looking into further control functions that may become part of the existing app or even possibly further apps.

Krzysztof Daszuta

Krzysztof Daszuta

Too bad it's not an Open Source app. Could you add analog throttle?

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