jamesadevine

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by jamesadevine 4y ago
Im all for a four day working week. Has any one thought about the impact on schooling and education? Education is centred around a 5 day working week (at least in the U.K.). Presumably teachers would not be eligible to work a four day week?
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by jamesadevine 5y ago
It is reversible! The reversibility is largely provided by the PCB edge connector as you've identified. More details here [0] [0] - https://microsoft.github.io/jacdac-docs/ddk/design/#pcb-edge...
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Using an M1 MacBook Air to Unlock a Tesla(twitter.com)
3 points by jamesadevine 6y ago|0 comments
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by jamesadevine 6y ago
A potential application area for TileCode is perhaps in countries where a laptop for every child to learn programming is out of the question. Entirely on device programming, a relatively low cost, and an engaging experience could provide a
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by jamesadevine 6y ago
The new micro:bit will be compatible with MakeCode Arcade and TileCode via an additional shield [0]. [0] - https://makecode.com/blog/microbit/arcade-shield
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by jamesadevine 6y ago
Just FYI, TileCode is written using MakeCode Arcade: https://arcade.makecode.com
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“Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me”(youtu.be)
2 points by jamesadevine 6y ago|0 comments
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The BBC micro:bit––from the U.K. to the world [pdf](eprints.lancs.ac.uk)
1 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|0 comments
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The BBC micro:bit––from the U.K. to the world(dl.acm.org)
4 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|0 comments
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What is the maximum value for an int32?(stackoverflow.com)
2 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|0 comments
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Rocket-fast TypeScript raises the microcontroller game(microsoft.com)
4 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|1 comments
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Jacdac: A plug and play protocol for microcontrollers(jacdac.org)
1 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|0 comments
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Jacdac: A single wire plug and play protocol for microcontrollers(jacdac.org)
2 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|0 comments
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by jamesadevine 7y ago
Not at all!
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Jacdac: A single wire protocol for the plug and play of microcontrollers(jacdac.org)
4 points by jamesadevine 7y ago|2 comments
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by jamesadevine 8y ago
See also the open access paper: http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3220000/3211335/lctes18main-...
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by jamesadevine 8y ago
In your opinion is 8-bit even a realistic choice anymore? Many ARM CPUs offer way more bang for your buck nowadays (unless i'm looking in the wrong place).
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by jamesadevine 8y ago
On the microbit [1] we run the display's LEDs in reverse to turn most of the display into a light sensor [2]. It can then be used in code [3]. [1] https://microbit.org [2] https://lancaster-university.github.io&#
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Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents(madoko.net)
113 points by jamesadevine 8y ago|27 comments
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by jamesadevine 8y ago
Yet they still have no way for me to buy them a beer. https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/892
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by jamesadevine 9y ago
For more information on the runtime (the underpinnings of MakeCode): https://lancaster-university.github.io/microbit-docs/ We are using the approach taken with micro:bit to support other resource constrained devices, l
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by jamesadevine 9y ago
Yes, the runtime is actually built on ARM's mbed, which means their online IDE can also build micro:bit programs :)