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

[Deid Reimer]

Hi All, 

I just ordered one.

My thoughts so far ...

Pico, Arduino,  Raspberry Pi, etc. all require connections.   Some understanding of circuits and how to wire them.   The Micro:bit does not. 

If all you want to do is introduce programming of something more interesting than keyboard and screen, then the micro:bit has it covered.   If you do want to teach interfacing and circuits, then maybe some other microcontroller may be more cost-effective. 

More to come. 


⁣Deid
va7rei​

On Jul 23, 2024, 8:01 a.m., at 8:01 a.m., Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks Deid,
>
>The table at the bottom summarizes the article well. It sill doesn't 
>show what the python interface looks like (micro-python?, Thony?)
>
>Craig...
>
>On 7/23/24 07:52, Deid Reimer 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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