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MicroBlocks with Bernat Romagosa

August 03, 2020 Bernat Romagosa
KidsLab - a podcast for parents and educators passionate about STEAM education
MicroBlocks with Bernat Romagosa
Show Notes

This episode features an interview with Bernat Romagosa about MicroBlocks, which can be used to program common educational boards such as the BBC micro:bit, Calliope Mini or the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express.

So what is MicroBlocks all about? MicroBlocks is a new programming language inspired by Scratch, that runs right inside microcontroller boards such as the BBC micro:bit, the Calliope Mini or Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express.

After installing the MicroBlocks editor and flashing the MicroBlocks firmware once,  you can quickly upload new code or change existing programs - it’s just takes a second. Of course, the usual suspects for visual coding blocks are available, such as various logic blocks, loops, blocks for controlling the input and output of the micro:bit such as the input pins and LEDs or various math blocks.