[Chicago] ChiPy Call for December 10th Speakers

[Naomi Ceder]

Hi Jonathan,

It IS pretty much the same micropython, since it's implemented by the same
person, Damien George, an embedded codign genius who lives in the UK. It's
also basically the same chip, but the micro:bit is a different design and
has extra stuff built in as I'll explain.

However, no, I personally haven't played with the original micropython
pyboard, although I saw Damien's demos of it at PyCon UK 2014.

Cheers,

Naomi

On 1 December 2015 at 16:14, Jonathan Pietkiewicz <jdanielp at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Naomi,
>
> Looks like that's (nearly) the same micropython as runs on the pyboard
> from https://micropython.org/ .  Have you had a chance to play with the
> pyboard at all?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Naomi Ceder <naomi.ceder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I would be happy to give a talk on Micropython on the micro:bit. Proposal
>> follows:
>>
>> *Meet Mary the micro:bit*
>>
>> You may have heard of the BBC micro:bit - a tiny (2" x 2.5") ARM based
>> single board computer that every 11 year old in Britain will be receiving
>> in a few months. (And if you haven't, well, as for everything else, start
>> with Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Bit>.) Even better,
>> the micro:bit runs Python 3 (MicroPython, to be exact).
>>
>> The Python Software Foundation is a partner in the project, thanks
>> largely to the heroic work of my friend Nicholas Tollervey. (see
>> http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit for more)
>>
>> The micro:bit will be released in the UK some time around February, and
>> should be available commercially shortly after that. Even though the
>> micro:bit has't been officially released yet, a few have made their way out
>> the door ("fallen off the truck" as we used to say). And I helped Nicholas
>> cook up the idea of sending 5 of them on a world tour
>> <http://microworldtour.github.io/>. (Disclosure: yes, this was partly
>> selfish - I knew it was the only way I was going to get my hands on one.)
>> So I happen to have one these precious few devices in the wild.
>>
>> I'd be happy to give a 30-45 minute talk about the background of the
>> micro:bit and getting Python on it, about the teaching implications, the
>> development done so far, and what's needed for the future, as well as the
>> world tour that several of the devices are on. There would also be a live
>> demo of the device.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Naomi Ceder
>>
>> On 30 November 2015 at 23:38, Joe Jasinski <joe.jasinski at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> ChiPy is looking for speakers for the December 10th Meeting.  ChiPy is
>>> eager to hear talks from both new and veteran speakers.  If you are looking
>>> to get involved in the Python community, this is a great opportunity to
>>> share your Python-related knowledge.
>>>
>>> Talk lengths are flexible and typically range between 10 and 45 minutes
>>> (which includes time for questions).  As ChiPy is a Python-group, we ask
>>> that the talks be Python-related.
>>>
>>> If you'd like to submit a topic, please send your talk idea to this list.
>>>  We'll also need you to fill out the talk proposal form so we can get
>>> your talk on the schedule.
>>> http://www.chipy.org/meetings/topics/propose
>>>
>>> Let me know if you have any questions, and hope to hear from you soon!
>>>
>>> If you'd like to attend the next meeting, you can rsvp at chipy.org or
>>> via our Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/> group.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
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