BBC Micro:bit


Fzero

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Was listening to a radio discussion about it this morning.
BBC Micro, which introduced many back in the day to BASIC, are back with a new Micro:bit computer, similar to the Pi, is being targeted at the youth as an entry level to coding and understanding hardware.

I think as of today, they are being rolled out to all Year 7 kids over here, which is good.
Aimed at 11/12 year olds initially

https://www.microbit.co.uk

Some nice courses on that site too, like Python, and some game tutorials.

Soon non-students will be able to order one too, but at the moment, only the schools are getting them

And a bit more info if you're interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35863859
 
https://www.microbit.co.uk

Some nice courses on that site too, like Python, and some game tutorials.
I saw a thing for a rocket countdown pencil case. I wonder if any kids will get nabbed by the cops as potential terrorists when they take it to school.
[doublepost=1458694579,1458693988][/doublepost]I missed that one of them was being worn in a pic. Potential suicide bomber? I mean, the thing has LEDs, so we know it's a bomb.
boston-guerilla-bomb-scare.jpg
 
Wow, the tutorials are great.
So there is:
  • Images can be created through clicks
  • sound beeps *(but some functions are already obsolete! like music=>note(C) probably because of no internal speaker? (sound goes to pin P0 and ground, I guess)
  • tempertature, acceleration, light level detection, compass, etc... very nice gauges and easy to read.
  • compiles to hexdump of 512Kb (full memory dump).

Somehow, I think it's too simple to hold attentention for more than a week. Once the novelty wears off, it's back to the appstore.
Other kids that like tech already have better gear bought for them.
At least it is cheap.
 
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