Comments on: Wireless remote data logging with the BBC micro:bit

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:08:07 +0000

Hi Mary – what kind of computer are you using?

By: Mary Logan

Mary Logan — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:09:37 +0000

I would love to experiment with this code but the pyserial bit seems impossible to crack.

By: Charles Young

Charles Young — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:32:20 +0000

I take back my glowing comments above.
I have spent HOURS trying to understand PXT, Visual Studio Code etc.
I am finding these tools most unintuitive, and or non-functional. I was hoping to get your clever program to run and do something useful, but instead I am finding poorly documented IDEs, incorrect documentation, etc.

CTY

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:24:45 +0000

Thanks Stephen – no plans to attend at the moment, but that may change!

By: Stephen Simmons

Stephen Simmons — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:29:15 +0000

This is really nice! Inspired by your post, I went out and bought a second microbit. Looking forward to trying some remote data logging experiments this weekend.

Any chance you will be at PyCon UK in September?

By: Charles Young

Charles Young — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:10:43 +0000

Hi:

Thanks very much for your wireless data logging idea.
It is stunning that it is so straightforward.
(It is clear that you and others have put a lot of effort into writing up the projects.)
I am delighted that the micro:bit is now available for purchase.
I will be getting mine in about a month.

I am also very impressed with how popular the micro:bit has become. I have been keeping a list of URLs and project pages. There must be hundreds of project pages one the web now.

I am a retired professor of geophysical engineering. My first programming course was in about 1964, and we learned Fortran 2. I aiming at geophysical applications of
the micro:bit. I have already done similar projects with the Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

Chuck Young
Professor Emeritus of Geophysical Engineering
Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, Michigan