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New to being a maker

nate.wits

Hello All!

 

I'm new to programming and was wondering where i should start?

 

What's a good hands on project that will help me get up and running? Doesn't just have to be micro:bit.

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Nate

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  • Hi Nate - A good starting place is to get a kit with a small projects manual, or a "project style" board that has sensors and outputs built in.

    It will save you the time to figure out the bits and pieces. You'll learn by doing projects.

     

    Microbit is one example of a project style board, Circuit Playground Express is another.  These are good for low entry cost, projects and instructions are on line.  They support a couple different languages, scratch, python, etc.

     

    Arduino is C based, and has alot of proven libraries to do a boatload of projects - surf You Tube for Arduino. Most sensors are really inexpensive. Its another good place to start.

     

    Raspberry Pi is fairly inexpensive and well supported. You could learn some Linux, Python, Scratch, html, all kinds of programming.

    The key difference between doing your programming on a PC or a Raspberry Pi, is the Raspberry Pi has physical IO pins that can be accessed for turning on outputs, or driving component level networks ( i2c, spi ) so you can not only program, but build a working project.

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  • Hi Nate - A good starting place is to get a kit with a small projects manual, or a "project style" board that has sensors and outputs built in.

    It will save you the time to figure out the bits and pieces. You'll learn by doing projects.

     

    Microbit is one example of a project style board, Circuit Playground Express is another.  These are good for low entry cost, projects and instructions are on line.  They support a couple different languages, scratch, python, etc.

     

    Arduino is C based, and has alot of proven libraries to do a boatload of projects - surf You Tube for Arduino. Most sensors are really inexpensive. Its another good place to start.

     

    Raspberry Pi is fairly inexpensive and well supported. You could learn some Linux, Python, Scratch, html, all kinds of programming.

    The key difference between doing your programming on a PC or a Raspberry Pi, is the Raspberry Pi has physical IO pins that can be accessed for turning on outputs, or driving component level networks ( i2c, spi ) so you can not only program, but build a working project.

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