Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: BBC MicroBit has arrived - which Forth in Python is recommended for now? Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:17:11 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <877f97rfqw.fsf@nightsong.com> References: <840cddee-749a-4aab-9644-4cfe42371840@googlegroups.com> <5fbfa685-6b97-4f6b-bb09-31f6d7e152f4@googlegroups.com> <49524e24-d693-41a1-b735-f85da37f93ca@googlegroups.com> <20160910133738.7385696c@HP-6550b> <87y42zijpi.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8e6c7ef2b9e1ede4343adc0ca1230a9e"; logging-data="11935"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OlVom6BtLB3GzhYortSa6" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gq3aBuSWIEFyCbjIPMyV6c9TD4c= sha1:RlrZALWmfJN9az4eoW72xUkZnD0= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:51915 rickman writes: > the microbit has gotten cheaper... Now you can get the board for > under $15 and the Go kit for under $17. I assume shipping is extra. ... > Not sure I need one. Now that it runs Mecrisp, it could be useful, > but I have plenty of small MCU boards and no new needs for more. I guess the microbit's 25 leds are cool but aside from that I still don't see much interesting about that board. I believe someone ported some kind of Forth to the ESP8266. Lots of people are running MicroPython or eLua (NodeMCU) on those boards (Wemos D1 etc.) that are under $3 on Aliexpress. And of course ESP32 moduels are starting to arrive. The 8266 is somewhat lacking in i/o, the ESP32 has more, and the ARM board I linked earlier has a ton. It's basically a clone of the Maple Mini and lots of people are using them. I keep wanting to order a few on general principles but will try to resist. I still have a couple of Stellaris Launchpads sitting around doing nothing.