[VicPiMakers Projects] Looks like the UK is moving away from the Raspberry PI

[Craig Miller]

Thanks Don for the Sparkfun,

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.

I can see why the UK has gone with this board for education.

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.

https://microbit.org/code/

Craig....

On 7/21/24 18:22, Donald Woods wrote:
> Sparkfun has an intro to the microbit 
> https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-the-microbit/all
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> Don
>
>
> On 21-Jul-2024 18:03, Deid Reimer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The goal seems to be to focus on interesting/fun coding projects.   
>> No OS.  So, again, think Pi Pico.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> On the other hand, if you want to learn Linux and OSs and coding, 
>> then bring on the Raspberry Pi.
>>
>> Deid
>> va7rei
>> On Jul 21, 2024, at 4:08 p.m., Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     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:
>>
>>     https://microbit.org/
>>
>>     BBC Article:
>>
>>     https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/microbit/articles/zxrp3qt
>>
>>     Craig...
>>
>>
>
>
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