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It was developed IIRC by an intern as part of his thesis and included in the microbit tooling on makecode. After this it got more standardized, but they went to
by gbraad 5y ago
It was developed IIRC by an intern as part of his thesis and included in the microbit tooling on makecode. After this it got more standardized, but they went to a less obvious connector (Kittenbot came with a standard jack) and now they describe a custom plug. This increased the barrier of entrance and building came less appealing to me.
- joezydeco 5y agoYeah it totally has that 'quickly-launched-short-lived summer intern project' vibe to it which is fine but is something I'd typically expect out of Google, but not Microsoft.
- mmoskal 5y agoThe main issue with audio jack cables is that they are not designed to carry much power (Jacdac cables are rated at 1A). You get different voltage drop depending on what cable user bought at the gas station. This is a problem is you want to run a small servo or even a few neopixels on a module. Another issue is that the connector often short while plugging-in and out which may cut the power to your entire bus, resetting everything. Not a great end-user experience. There is also a risk users will plug Jacdac to their headphones, possibly burning them.