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Setting up the toolchain that's not Arduino IDE is a prohibitively high bar for a school child that wants to blink leds.
by jojobas 11mo ago
Setting up the toolchain that's not Arduino IDE is a prohibitively high bar for a school child that wants to blink leds.
- schappim 11mo agoThere is a version of Thonny[1] designed for use with the Pico that is great for education. Raspberry Pi have some good resources on getting started[2]. If your target audience is school kids, you really can't go past the micro:bit and Makecode[3]. 1. https://thonny.org https://thonny.org 2. https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-with-the-pico/2 https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started... 3. https://makecode.microbit.org https://makecode.microbit.org
- jaustin 11mo agoThe Micro:bit Educational Foundation also make a web-based Python Editor at https://python.microbit.org https://python.microbit.org which is designed to be a supportive introduction to text-based coding and physical computing with no installation, friendly error messages and device simulation