Jacdac Services for MakeCode

This project contains Jacdac host and client services for MakeCode editors.

• Read the documentation

Using this extensions

• Open your MakeCode editor (see supported editors)
• Go to the extension dialog and search for https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-jacdac
• Import the extension.

Supported editors

• micro:bit V2, https://makecode.microbit.org/
• Arcade, https://arcade.makecode.com/beta
• Maker, https://maker.makecode.com/beta

Developer section

Issues are tracked at https://github.com/microsoft/jacdac/issues .

To build all projects

sh mk.sh

To bump the release, use the CLI. Don't create releases from the MakeCode built-in GitHub editors.

sh bump.sh

Run makecode --pxt-modules to create files in pxt_modules/*, which help with TypeScript auto-completion.

To refresh the constants.ts files, build jacdac-spec (yarn buildspecs from jacdac-ts) from https://github.com/microsoft/jacdac-ts .

Deploying in WSL/Codespaces

If you do not have access to USB drive, launch a local web service and download the built binary.hex

mkc build --watch --serve

then navigate to the firmware web server

Building local projects

Typically you can do ``makecode` from any subproject to build for micro:bit. To use another config, for example arcade,

makecode -c ../mkc-arcade.json

You can also add --hw d5 or --hw d5,f4,... to build for specific hardware profiles.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.