[Microbit-Python] Introducing myself

Sat May 14 09:00:55 EDT 2016

I may have the opportunity to take a pic of the micro:bit on a Cray in a
week or so, and I might be back in San Jose next quarter so I could pop over
to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View!

No, no trend emerging here!

-- Nigel
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From: Microbit [mailto:microbit-bounces+nigel.kendrick=gmail.com at python.org]
On Behalf Of Nicholas H.Tollervey
Sent: 14 May 2016 09:24
To: microbit at python.org
Subject: Re: [Microbit-Python] Introducing myself

Hi Folks,

I'm really enjoying this exchange. I live close to Bletchley Park, so I
might pop over and continue not to start a trend by taking some photos of a
micro:bit with Colossus (or something).

I guess this can only end when someone has a photo of a micro:bit with, I
don't know, something like the Antikythera mechanism or an abacus from the
British Museum.

:-P

Regarding the schematics. When last I spoke to the BBC about this they said
they expect all the other assets to be open-sourced sometime in June once
all the devices have been delivered to the kids (they don't want people to
start [inevitably] manufacturing knock-offs before the kids have their
million delivered).

All the best!

N.

On 13/05/16 22:17, Nigel Kendrick wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the message and info. I have been advised today that not 
> all of the LED matrix driving lines are broken out to the edge 
> connector, which is a bit of a bummer, but there you go.
> 
>  
> 
> Continuing the trend of not starting a trend, and since you mentioned 
> the BBC Micro - here's some pics of my 1979 Acorn System-1 - it was 
> designed by Sophie Wilson, who also worked on the design of the BBC Micro.
> 
>  
> 
> I don't have a pic of the micro:bit with the System-1 yet, but I plan 
> to do a bit of coding for both and link them together so something 
> like a message ticker runs from one display to the other - some form 
> of "handshake across the ages"!
> 
>  
> 
> https://imgur.com/a/8qfon
> 
>  
> 
> All the best
> 
>  
> 
> Nigel
> 
>  
> 
> *From:*Microbit
> [mailto:microbit-bounces+nigel.kendrick=gmail.com at python.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Andrew Ferguson
> *Sent:* 13 May 2016 21:41
> *To:* Python-MicroBit <microbit at python.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Microbit-Python] Introducing myself
> 
>  
> 
> On 13/05/16 13:40, Nigel Kendrick wrote:
> 
>     Anyhow, I am currently working on some audio/visual add-ons
>     (workshop notes, schematics and code to be open source) and am keen
>     to link up with any people or resources related to the micro:bit -
>     especially hardware-related stuff which seems to be a bit sparse and
>     scattered around at the moment (reading NRF chip specs over here,
>     scouring the DAL..., whipping out the logic analyser...!). Does
>     anyone have a shareable schematic yet - especially for the display
>     matrix to save me some time in working it out!!??
> 
> I think that the full schematics are yet to be released by the BBC. 
> From the micro:bit open source page (microbit.co.uk/open-source
> <http://microbit.co.uk/open-source>):
> 
>     Please note, the remaining items of the BBC micro:bit project open
>     source portfolio will be made available from this page after
>     completion of the delivery of BBC micro:bits to children - expected
>     to be in May, 2016.
> 
> There is, however, a pinout diagram
> <http://microbit-spy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/microbit_connect
> or_pinout.png> for the micro:bit which lists Pin 3 as LED Column 1, 
> Pin 5 as LED Column 2, Pin 10 as LED column 3, Pin 7 as LED Row 1, Pin 
> 6 as LED Row 2 and Pin 9 as LED Row 3. Perhaps this will help?
> 
> 
>      
> 
>     Fun and games pics here for those interested: 
> https://imgur.com/a/Rn6Cr
> 
>      
> 
> I like the photo next to the servers, and the supercomputer. Not 
> intending to start a trend, but:
> http://imgur.com/a/zmPSA. Note that sadly I don't own the NeXT 
> (brought along to a coding club) or the BBC Micro (my school's) - but 
> I do have two BBC Micros of my own (only one is working currently).
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
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