[FRIAM] MicroBit

[Angel Edward]

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
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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.angel at gmail.com
505-453-4944 (cell) 				http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On Jan 9, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at 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
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