Before you dismiss a board that simulates Keyboards, Joysticks, Mice over USB and that works with sensors, motors, displays and radios as having little function

Before you dismiss a board that simulates Keyboards, Joysticks, Mice over USB and that works with sensors, motors, displays and radios as having little functionality, you should probably take a look at the project's tutorials site[1] for a better idea of it's goals. Yes a 555 blinky board can do plenty but it falls apart the minute you want to teach people how to do something more complex without them already understanding a lot of background, and a 555's no good for teaching coding. A USB Morse keyboard sketch[2] released today by a member of the community is worth a look, especially in combination with the Morse code tutorials[3] used to teach coding. For an idea of what's possible, the clock project[4] is a good starting point. The point of it isn't to create yet another clock, but to introduce USB control, and sensors for people to create and customize their own version that does what they want to do, instead of what a manufacturer tells them it should be. The documentation is coming out later this year, but will be a step by step guide for people to follow, much in the style of the docs site. [1] - https://docs.hidiot.com/ https://docs.hidiot.com/ [2] - https://pastebin.com/wXkQKkRm https://pastebin.com/wXkQKkRm [3] - https://docs.hidiot.com/exploring_morse_code/index/ https://docs.hidiot.com/exploring_morse_code/index/ [4] - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072712581/the-hidiot-card-sized-electronics-learning-for-eve/posts/1982387 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072712581/the-hidiot-c...