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

[Deid Reimer]

More info on micro:bit.

https://picobricks.com/blogs/info/microbit-vs-arduino

⁣Deid
va7rei​

On Jul 21, 2024, 7:52 p.m., at 7:52 p.m., Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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