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

[Matt Rasband]

Nicholas,

My company works with educators across the USA (we are based in Utah) along similar lines, we may be able to help garner some interest. Our platform is for data science and other STEM initiatives. https://ardusat.com I could see this really complementing the data science as kids gather the data and need a good way to analyze it. 

If we align with what you're looking for, I can talk to our president about it more. Feel free to ping me directly!

Awesome work, thanks for sharing the announcement! I'm really excited to see the impact.

-Matt
matt.rasband at gmail.com
matt at ardusat.com

> On Oct 20, 2015, at 17:17, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Carol,
> 
> Please see my answers in-line below.
> 
>> On 20/10/15 21:31, Carol Willing wrote:
>> Nicholas,
>> 
>> That's wonderful news! Thank you for your advocacy for education. It's
>> great to see the announcement.
> 
> Thank you. Here's hoping we can pull it off for the kids who'll get the
> device in the spring (including my own 11yo son).
> 
>> I have a few of the older MicroPython boards and MicroPython has really
>> evolved since then. Well done Damien and MicroPython community.
> 
> Damien is one of the most talented developers I've ever had the pleasure
> to work with. Seriously clever code has gone into making MicroPython
> work on the micro:bit.
> 
>> If there is anything that I can do to help with getting ready for the
>> micro:bit rollout, please let me know.
> 
> I'm guessing you're based in the USA. I'd love to know how best to get
> educators from your side of the pond interested in MicroPython / micro:bit.
> 
> Comments, thoughts, ideas, introductions, whatever... most warmly received.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing more... ;-)
> 
> N.
> 
>> 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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>> 
>> -- 
>> *Carol Willing*
>> Developer | Willing Consulting
>> https://willingconsulting.com
> 
> 
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