Micro-bit Network Challenge

Build a ‘mini’ school network.

Each student must build a classroom network with the following

THREE student laptop micro-bits
ONE classroom WAP micro-bit
ONE SWITCH micro-bit

LAPTOP Micro-Bits

Each laptop micro-bit must be able to

Have a unique channel for that classroom
Send a message to a specific Laptop through the WAP
Display a message received

WAP Micro-bit

WAP micro-bit must be able to

Have a unique channel
Receive a message from a laptop in its classroom and either
1. Send the message to a specific laptop in its classroom
2. Send the message to the switch for laptops in other classrooms
Receive a message from a switch and
1. Send the message to a specific laptop in its classroom

SWITCH Micro-bit

SWITCH micro-bit must be able to

Have a unique channel
Receive a message from a WAP and
1. Send the message to the correct WAP in another classroom

Routing Table

Each message sent needs to include the following information

Sender ID ( ‘A5’ , ‘M15’, ‘E25’)
Destination (‘M17’)
Payload

from microbit import *
import radio

# message components
# { senderID, desinationID, payload }
# { 'A7', 'E28', 'Hi'}

wap_routing_table = { 'A': 5, 'M': 15, 'E': 25}

# Turn on Radio
radio.on()
radio.config(channel=1)


# wait for a message
while True:
    msg = radio.receive()

    if msg:
        senderID, destinationID, payload = msg.split(':')

        # Get First Letter of senderID
        senderClass = senderID[0]

        # Get First Letter of destinationID
        destinationClass = destinationID[0]
        
        # Get number from destinationID
        destinationNumber = int(destinationID[1:])
        

        WAP_channel = wap_routing_table[destinationClass]
        radio.config(channel=WAP_channel)

        radio.send(msg)

        radio.config(channel=1)

from microbit import *
import radio

# message components
# { senderID, desinationID, payload }
# { 'A7', 'E28', 'Hi'}

wap_routing_table = { 'A': 5, 'M': 15, 'E': 25}

# Turn on Radio
radio.on()
radio.config(channel=1)


# wait for a message
while True:
    msg = radio.receive()

    if msg:
        senderID, destinationID, payload = msg.split(':')

        # Get First Letter of senderID
        senderClass = senderID[0]

        # Get First Letter of destinationID
        destinationClass = destinationID[0]
        
        # Get number from destinationID
        destinationNumber = int(destinationID[1:])
        

        WAP_channel = wap_routing_table[destinationClass]
        radio.config(channel=WAP_channel)

        radio.send(msg)

        radio.config(channel=1)