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

[George Bowden]

This module makes a good educational device to try various programs on.  My
projects are permanent applications, like fridge freezer monitoring and fan
controls.  So I'll stick with ESP32 modules and add the peripherals I
need.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 7:53 AM Deid Reimer <deid at drsol.com> wrote:

> More info on micro:bit.
>
> https://picobricks.com/blogs/info/microbit-vs-arduino
>
> Deid
> va7rei
> On Jul 21, 2024, 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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