-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Luciano,
That'd probably be me and Michael (cc'd) in the first instance. I'm acting as PSF person on the ground interacting with the BBC. Michael was/is involved in writing the Python compiler and other technical aspects of the device. I will certainly pass on your questions to the people I know at the BBC and cc you in so we both get their reply. Best wishes, Nicholas. On 12/03/15 17:32, Luciano Ramalho wrote: > Hi, Nicholas, thanks for sharing such exciting news! > > I am a teacher and leader of the Pingo project [1], a > multi-platform Python API that provides uniform access to GPIO pins > in Raspberry Pi, Intel Galileo, pcDuino, UDOO and similar SBCs. > > [1] http://www.pingo.io/docs/ > > I and the Pingo team would love to be involved in helping Python > thrive on the MicroBit. Who should we contact to learn about > Python support in the MicroBit and to get our hands on a MicroBit > board? > > Cheers! > > Luciano -- author of Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2014) > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey > <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, > > Today the BBC announced the MicroBit (part designed by PSF fellow > Michael Sparks) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31834927. > > About 1 million of these small programmable devices will be given > away to 11-12 year olds starting their secondary education at the > start of the UK's next academic year in September. > > Python is one of the three languages that work with the device. > > The PSF is involved in helping to generate community sourced > Python resources for the project and we hope the MicroBit will be a > big part of PyconUK's education track (taking place at the end of > September). > > In addition to the BBC article above, the Guardian gives a good > summary and mentions the PSF here: > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/12/bbc-micro-bit-raspberry-pi > > I have an alpha-version of the device sitting on my desk and my > impression is that kids will have a *lot* of fun. Think Pythonic > blinkenlights, buttons, bluetooth and IO. > > Yay! > > Best wishes, > > Nicholas. >> _______________________________________________ PSF-Members >> mailing list [email protected] >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-members PSF home >> page (http://www.python.org/psf/) PSF membership FAQ >> (http://www.python.org/psf/membership/) PSF members' wiki >> (http://wiki.python.org/psf/) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVAdFCAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6E3IIAJuTzbshGfvWin245UREN9yA qKsG4KbZFLQAeTcwaXur4xS/dX3AIX6NshpxxJrHWU7k9ua6YSUV2bGekk+uXin2 IbpYZX9a8pavkTFdEiteSEBFj05XOLeBvY64DEU7Srwtj629voC98SU7PvgxYLVf VtvIhFPAeUWOeXY8VJ4y8H6zoMBmhlFazrOo4fJd2M0NUVDsRj3WqSq6gLa5+QM0 wruowtli6divVyIGfk/MaPtwN1w3MXWqX8F4XbV8Z/JIkTAGw3ULSmK0hMz4n2BQ 6khrv/Fv7VLUjJdF4TXTYlCInCqGPbOqUpNqaATF6yzI4azRnI51cx9qS42us5I= =Co2L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
