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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Sparkfun has an intro to the microbit
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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 does.
Personally I'd favor the pico w</div>
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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">Don<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21-Jul-2024 18:03, Deid Reimer
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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
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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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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 21, 2024, at 4:08 p.m., Craig
Miller <<a href="mailto:cvmiller@gmail.com" target="_blank"
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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>
Craig...
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