[PSF-Community] Opening MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit

[Carol Willing]

Nicholas,

That's wonderful news! Thank you for your advocacy for education. It's 
great to see the announcement.

I have a few of the older MicroPython boards and MicroPython has really 
evolved since then. Well done Damien and MicroPython community.

If there is anything that I can do to help with getting ready for the 
micro:bit rollout, please let me know.

Warmly,
Carol

On 10/20/15 3:27 AM, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Many apologies for cross posting.
>
> Here's some good news - we've finally been given permission to
> open-source our work on the BBC micro:bit
> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be a bit more
> vocal and public about what we're doing. Put simply, around 1 million of
> these devices will be given to the UK's 11yo in the spring. They are all
> capable of running Python. If you think the following is of interest,
> please spread the word! It'd be great to see the wider Python community
> get involved in this.
>
> Damien George (creator of MicroPython) announced it here:
>
> http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1042
>
> I've written up a "story so far" blog post, for those of you who need
> some context, here:
>
> http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit
>
> The actual source code can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
>
> I'm more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Nicholas.
>
>
>
>
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