[python-uk] Microbit motion sensors at PyCon UK Teachers' Day

[Thomas Kluyver]

I have two microbits, and prototype machinery to drive them from a
Jupyter notebook, if that's of interest for anything.
 
 
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016, at 09:42 PM, Stestagg wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a micro:bit and would love to help in any way possible.
>
> Feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 at 09:42, Leona So via python-uk <python-
> uk at python.org> wrote:
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> I teach Maths at a FE college, have general interest in programming
>> especially Python and would be more than happy to help. The only
>> downside is I don't have access to a microbit, it's hard to get hold
>> of one. I used it briefly during microbit training sessions with
>> STEMNET, so I may be able to provide some ideas!
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Leona
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Stephen Simmons
>> <mail at stevesimmons.com> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>  Would anyone like to help me put together a microbit session for
>>>  the PyCon UK teachers' day using motion sensors? My plan is to use
>>>  python on the microbit to illustrate some motion-related
>>>  maths/physics principles from accelerometer/gyroscope data.
>>>
>>>  Ideally we would prepare some exercises with direct relevance to
>>>  classwork that teachers could take back to their students and use
>>>  right away.
>>>
>>>  So if you know microbits and are keen to help, get in touch!
>>>
>>>  If you are a teacher with ideas you'd to implement, or you know
>>>  teachers with ideas, then get in touch too.
>>>
>>>  The deadline for proposals is in 2 weeks...
>>>
>>>  Cheers
>>>  Stephen
>>>
>>>  P.S. I have also submitted a proposal on sensor fusion algorithms
>>>       for the main PyCon UK conference, using MetaWear PRO
>>>       wearables. They can transmit 9-axis
>>>       accelerometer/gyroscope/magnetometer data over Bluetooth in
>>>       real time. The microbit, as I understand it (mine will arrive
>>>       in 2 weeks...) doesn't have enough memory to load Python and
>>>       Bluetooth together. So we will have to be more creative about
>>>       logging/retrieving results. Plenty of time to work through
>>>       this in July/August. First step is the proposal....
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