My daughter is excited about owning the v2 micro:bit as it has better features than the v1, but we cannot find a way to use these features when directly connected to Scratch. The situation I am referring to is when connected by USB to her laptop, and the buttons on the micro:bit can be read by the Scratch program running on the laptop, perhaps controlling a sprite on the screen. I think this is called the Scratch Link extension?
At present, connecting a micro:bit in this way means you can write a game in Scratch which runs on the laptop, but is instantly controlled by the micro:bit which you can hold in your hands like a Nintendo/Xbox 'controller'. My daughter's imagination is sparked by this, but...
You cannot use the capacitive touch sensor, compass, microphone, speaker or pins 0/1/2 as output.
You are limited to the A/B buttons, tilt sensor, shake sensor, and pins 0/1/2 as input.
Is there any way to get more of the v2 features to communicate with a Scratch program running on the laptop, without waiting for an update to Scratch Link? I tried to think whether I could write Javascript for the micro:bit so that it could send Bluetooth messages, and perhaps have Scratch listen to those, or perhaps there is another fudge to get around the limitations?
