# Downloading to Circuit Playground

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/downloading-to-circuit-playground/26138>\
**Category:** CS Discoveries\
**Tags:** csd-unit-6\
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/downloading-to-circuit-playground/26138 "2019-04-05T14:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbrandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rbrandon](https://forum.code.org/u/rbrandon)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/downloading-to-circuit-playground/26138/1 "2019-04-05T14:58:24Z")

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IS it possible to download code to the playground using [Code.org](http://Code.org)? I can get my playground classic to link up with MakeCode and the students want to down load lights and music to put on a door decoration for school.

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**Author:** ![bradleywellsashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bradleywellsashley/32/522_2.png) [@bradleywellsashley](https://forum.code.org/u/bradleywellsashley)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/downloading-to-circuit-playground/26138/2 "2019-04-15T23:31:03Z")

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Rebbecca,

Sorry for the late reply - this wasn’t tagged with Unit 6 so it was probably overlooked. To get your Circuit Playground to run with MakeCode did you have to download a separate Firmware to get it to work? I know with MakeCode you download the hex file and then upload to the device and you can run with a battery attached. I just don’t think you can switch back and forth between MakeCode and [Code.org](http://Code.org) because of the firmware issues. Once I have some free time (in the next day or so) I’ll try it out.

Brad