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kshoji/pxt-bluetooth-keyboard

BLE HID Keyboard module for micro:bit

bluetooth-keyboard

This PXT package allows the micro:bit to act as a Keyboard peripheral.

Usage

Place a ||bluetooth start keyboard service|| block in your program to enable Bluetooth LE Keyboard.
With this block, the micro:bit starts advertise BLE packets as a Keyboard peripheral.

bluetooth.startKeyboardService();

TBD
To Send Hello World! to the paired host, place block like this:

bluetooth.keyboardSendText("Hello World!");

Supported Platforms

Currently, tested with micro:bit and Android host only.
Mac OS X can connect with micro:bit, but it can't receive Keyboard message.

Supported targets

  • for PXT/microbit

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License

MIT

bluetooth
bluetooth-keyboard=github:kshoji/pxt-bluetooth-keyboard

Languages

C++77.3%C12.6%TypeScript9.8%Makefile0.3%

Contributors

MIT License
Created September 26, 2017
Updated March 10, 2026