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micro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computers: Building STEAM Projects with Code Club and Kids' Maker Groups
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micro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computers: Building STEAM Projects with Code Club and Kids' Maker Groups

by Martin Tan
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
363 pages
7h 19m
English
Apress
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M. Tanmicro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9197-9_7

7. Electronics: Basic Skills and Tools

Martin Tan1  
(1)
Doncaster Heights, VIC, Australia
 

With the introduction of microcontroller boards, it is possible to program a large portion of the logic for projects in high-level languages such as Python or Arduino. These languages use modules and libraries that can make it easier to program hardware. Low-level languages such as the assembly language can be embedded in higher-level languages like MicroPython. Libraries can sometimes be used to offload heavy lifting tasks while keeping the main logic readable and ...

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