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<p>Thanks Don for the Sparkfun,</p>
<p>Lots of good info about the HW on that page, including many
things the Pi Pico doesn't have, such as a light sensor,
micrphone, speaker (on the v2), 25 more LEDs in a 5x5 array, and
an accelerometer/compass.</p>
<p>I can see why the UK has gone with this board for education.</p>
<p>I was also surprised to see that MicroSoft has MakeCode with is a
graphical programming language (one doesn't see any actual lines
of code), in addition to Python and Scratch.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://microbit.org/code/">https://microbit.org/code/</a></p>
<p>Craig....<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/21/24 18:22, Donald Woods wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Price looks similar to the pi pico,
but the microbit doesn't need a power supply like the pico
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I've had a couple of contacts from
school board members, but nothing yet that jumped out as "We
should do this" - unless going to Sooke is acceptable.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21-Jul-2024 18:03, Deid Reimer
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<div dir="auto">Hi, <br>
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<div dir="auto">At a quick read, it looks like the micro:bit is
a microcontroller. Think Pi Pico with a bunch of process I/O
built in.<br>
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<div dir="auto">The goal seems to be to focus on interesting/fun
coding projects. No OS. So, again, think Pi Pico.<br>
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<div dir="auto">I am inclined to think this is a good thing.
The Raspberry Pi has become too powerful and complex to fit
the simple intro to programming niche. Although I'm not sure
they needed to reinvent since the Pico exists. <br>
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<div dir="auto">On the other hand, if you want to learn Linux
and OSs and coding, then bring on the Raspberry Pi.<br>
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<pre class="blue">Hi all,
I listen to a Tech program out of the UK, and they mentioned that the
BBC micro:bit is being distributed in all the primary schools to teach
students how to code. Other than it has more LEDs, and am not sure this
is an improvement over the Pi (perhaps I am biased). Here's some info:
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://microbit.org</a>/
BBC Article:
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/microbit/articles/zxrp3qt"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/microbit/articles/zxrp3qt</a>
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