I wasn’t there last Friday. I have six microbits and 5 microbit robot cars. I’ve programmed them all from the microbit makecode website using block coding. Easy and fun.
Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > On Jan 9, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > > This is the tiny, but feature packed, chip we discussed at Saveur last week: > https://microbit.org/guide/features/ <https://microbit.org/guide/features/>. > Great learning tool. > > It is surprisingly capable .. it can "chat" to other microbits .. let them > "swarm". It is programmable with "blocks", python, javascript. > 25 individually-programmable LEDs > 2 programmable buttons > Physical connection pins > Light and temperature sensors > Motion sensors (accelerometer and compass) > Wireless Communication, via Radio and Bluetooth > USB interface > > You use a browser based simulator to write programs, loading them to the > microbit via usb cable. A $20 starter package has the microbit, a usb cable, > and a battery pack for using the microbit disconnected from your computer. > https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/ > <https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/> > > -- Owen > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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