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
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Created September 26, 2017
Updated March 10, 2026