Hi Terry, > I commented that it was a shame that the Government / BBC hadn't > chosen the Raspberry Pi, since it already had a strong community.
I think two things counted against the Pi back then. It's price, though I haven't checked on what Pi models were available when the decisions would have been being made, i.e. quite a bit before the micro:bit's release. And the opaqueness of its innards given it's a proprietary GPU that happens to be able to load code for an ARM on the side to run. Broadcom were never keen on opening the private bits up when I used to follow the topic. In comparison, the micro:bit is a lot more standard design for a `dev' board, with two ARMs, a Cortex M0 where your code runs, and a Cortex M0+ that provides the USB access to program the M0. Ditching the video output leaves a simpler system to build from scratch. (I have a micro:bit.) -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
