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Kids in the UK (and elsewhere?) can access the Micro:bit computer[0], while not the same and powerful/extendable as R Pi - it is cheap, good and plenty availabl
by melx 4y ago
Kids in the UK (and elsewhere?) can access the Micro:bit computer[0], while not the same and powerful/extendable as R Pi - it is cheap, good and plenty available. It includes a LED display and motion sensor. Kids can program it using "block coding", or write Python code that runs with the help of MicroPython[1].
[0] https://microbit.org/ https://microbit.org/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroPython https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroPython
- KaiserPro 4y agohttps://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pico https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pico is the pi version of that. I'm still not sure why the BBC went down the route of making its own platform when adapting the arduino world would have been simpler and more effective. Still its good to see that the BBC is doing computing again.
- JansjoFromIkea 4y agoFeel like MicroBit v2 is a drastically underutilised tool. There's the potential to make completely self contained gadgets that anyone could use by copying a file into a directory. Falls into an awkward position where the people who could utilise it can do much more for much cheaper with an esp8266 Some pretty neat UI design limitation challenges involved too with the 5x5 display. e.g. I made a pomodoro timer with it; iirc I used used left-to-right top-to-bottom for normal time, reversed for breaks, a number for how far into the cycle it was and flashing figures for when setting inputs and it beeped when a break started/ended with a longer beep for the big break