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August 2022

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PewPew Standalone Emulator Online
by niu tech May 28, 2025

May 28, 2025

Hello again! I think PewPew Standalone has a big potential to be a low-cost Micro:bit alternative for teaching children how to program microcontrollers and make simple games with it. However, it still lacks easy-to-use online tools, such as MakeCode for Micro:bit. There is Pewmulator, but it requires downloading Python and Pygame, which is less comfortable than using an online platform. So while I am waiting for my ordered PewPews, meanwhile I am developing an online emulator for PewPew Standalone using Pygame4skulpt. Your CircuitPython code is running fully client-side inside the browser, handling LED display and key presses. Here is the demo of the first proof-of-concept: https://gfycat.com/ifr/kindheartedsilveritalianbrownbear. The Pew Pew Standalone Emulator will be open sourced when it is more mature. I was thinking about incorporating it into the latest EduBlocks beta, but it would be much easier if there was already some support for the Pew library in EduBlocks. Or if MakeCode supported PewPew Standalone. Maybe one day it could be a part of a bigger platform for educating children in less developed countries. Do you think it is a good idea? Best wishes!

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Newsletter
by Radomir Dopieralski Aug. 29, 2022

Aug. 29, 2022

State of PewPew for 2022-08-30 ****************************** News ==== * If you own a µGame device, and tried to upgrade it to CircuitPython 7.x, you probably noticed it doesn't work. There were some changes in the libraries and internals that broke it, sorry about it. The good news is that it is going to work perfectly fine with 8.0, when it is released soon. * Christian Walther did some work on a PewPew emulator in the browser: https://twitter.com/isziaui/status/1553764336945987584 * So did Łukasz Langa: https://twitter.com/llanga/status/1559249954262204417 * I'm working on a RP2040-based CircuitPython console with a large screen: https://hackaday.io/project/186921 * The Stage library now supports PNG images instead of GIF, but you still have to convert them to 16 colors before use. -- Radomir Dopieralski

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