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Hands-on technology courses for curious young minds

Run by professional engineers and educators who enjoy sharing what they know.

START A BIT is a small, community-driven group in central Gothenburg, started in 2023. Young people design and build interactive things with lights, sensors, motors and small robots, and use Micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi to turn their ideas into working systems. Along the way they learn to plan, test and fix, and to work with AI the way engineers do today.

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Three steps: a Micro:bit with LEDs, an Arduino with a sensor and a gate, and a robot car with a camera and AI

Students testing a robot car together on the floor

Teamwork

An object sorter driven by a trained machine learning model

Object sorter with machine learning

Traffic lights

Line following

Learning by doing

Hands-on problem solving

Students build with real boards, sensors, motors and electronics. When something does not work, they find out why and fix it, step by step. They learn by making things, testing them and solving problems.

From idea to working system

Each project starts with an idea and a plan. Students then build and test it, bringing wiring, mechanics and code together. They learn how the parts work together, and check that the whole system works.

Working with AI

Students build and test before they ask AI for help, and check its advice on the real machine. In some projects AI is the machine itself: a sorter with a model they trained, or a car that sees with a camera.

What we build with

A Micro:bit showing a face on its LEDs — **Micro:bit**
MakeCode blocks, then Python

An Arduino with an ultrasonic sensor — **Arduino**
C++, as in real devices

A Raspberry Pi on a robot car — **Raspberry Pi**
Python, cameras and AI

A glowing LED strip — **And much more**
sensors, motors, servos, cameras and other parts for each project

Good to know

Am I the right age?: Most students are 10 to 16. Curiosity matters more than age.
Do I need prior knowledge?: No prior knowledge is needed. Get in touch so we can find a starting point together.
How many students per class?: At most 8 students per class, with time for individual help.
Which language do we speak?: We teach in English. Classmates speak Swedish, English and their mother tongues.
When and where?: During the school terms in central Gothenburg: see the dates and the place.
Can I try it first?: Yes, come to an open day first. Contact us for the next date.
What should I bring?: Bring your own laptop. We provide boards, sensors, motors and parts.
What does it cost?: There is a fee for teaching and materials. Contact us for details.

Recent projects

A Micro:bit worn as a badge on a blue string, a red heart on its lights

Micro:bitMakeCodeFirst steps

Name badge: your name in lights

A very first program: your name, a face for each button, a beating heart. Nothing to wire.

A Micro:bit showing the five of a dice, with shake lines around it

Micro:bitMakeCodeFirst steps

Shake the dice

Shake it and it rolls: a spin, rock, paper, scissors, and your sixes counted. Nothing to wire.

A wire game made in class: a bent wire on a wooden block, a loop, crocodile clips to a Micro:bit

Micro:bitMakeCodeFirst circuit

Wire game: don't touch the wire

Guide a loop along a bent wire: a touch beeps, counts, takes a life. Your first circuit with crocodile clips.

Red, yellow and green LEDs and a push button on a breadboard with a Micro:bit

Micro:bitArduinoMakeCodeC++

Blinking lights: police car and traffic light

Make LEDs flash like a police car, then build a traffic light with a button to cross.

A glowing rainbow LED strip connected to a Micro:bit

Micro:bitArduinoMakeCodeC++

Rainbow lightsaber

Make an LED strip glow in all colours and switch on like a lightsaber.

Top view of a small cardboard car with two servo wheels

Micro:bitMakeCodePython

Cardboard robot car

Build a car from cardboard and two motors. Make it drive, spin and follow a remote.

An ultrasonic distance sensor and LEDs on a breadboard with an Arduino

ArduinoC++Builders

Parking assist: beep before you bump

A sensor measures the distance to the wall. Lights warn you, and the beeps get faster as you get closer.

A barrier arm on a servo, an ultrasonic sensor and two LEDs with an Arduino

ArduinoC++Builders

Parking gate: open when a car comes

A sensor detects a car, and a servo lifts the barrier. It closes after the car passes, and the system counts the cars.

A cardboard bean sorter in front of a laptop camera, sorting red and yellow beans

Micro:bitArduinoMakeCodeC++Builders

Sorting machine: teach it to see

A trained model looks at each bean, and the machine sorts it into the red or the yellow box.

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