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I'm really interested in this project, as one of the stated aims is to get kids interested in "proper" programming; now, it's great that they've put together what looks like a nice bit of cheap hardware, but for me the interesting bit (and make-or-break) of the project will be the software. Personally, I got started with programming on the BBC Micro. This was a great system, because I was able to get up and running really quickly (I guess at the age of about 9-10 or so?) drawing some cool stuff on the screen, with everything integrated and ready to go the moment the machine was switched on; no frustrating OS settings, installations or libraries to have to screw around with. Stuff like LOGO (a simple language where you entered/scripted commands to direct a "turtle" to draw lines on the screen) really made me "get" the fundamental ideas behind programming. Then I took IT in secondary school, and was disheartened when it was all about Word and Excel. Now, it'd be great to think the Pi will be a platform for introducing this kind of "fun" element into school-level computing education, but I do wonder at exactly how it's going to be used in lessons. I know people slate BASIC, but I think it's that sort of language-level in terms of simplicity that would be needed for the sort of level I'm thinking of; e.g. a class of 10 year olds, with exercises along the lines of "here's a program that draws a square. Modify it so it draws a triangle" . Probably the closest/most suitable thing I've seen in recent years is Processing.
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thelightguy posted:I'm still waiting for mine to arrive, but I'm curious how hard it is to interface with the I2C bus. I found a bunch of low-cost 16 channel LED drivers that use I2C for control, and would love if they have basic "send 'blah' to 'address'" drivers so I could do all the work in userland without having to write any kernel-mode drivers. Which led drivers are you looking at? I'm looking at some led projects, am on the lookout for some cheap drivers!
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That manual looks fantastic. I was a bit sceptical that the Pi would be used for teaching programming, but I can see the Scratch language being used really effectively in the classroom.
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