5 The mbed Operating System
Now that you’re familiar with MicroPython and using the mu interface to interact with your micro:bit board, I’d like to sweep the rug out from under you and introduce the ARM mbed interface.
I know, it’s harsh, and I can hear some of you screaming from here: “Wait! I like Python! Why do I have to learn something different?” The reason lies in the fact that mbed is the actual operating system that is running on the micro:bit’s ARM chip, and in order to do really cool and effective things with that chip, you’ll need to interact with the operating system in the most efficient way possible: with mbed and its language of choice, C++. Don’t get me wrong—you can still use Python and mu to do many, many things with your ...
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