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Bernat Romagosa<p>Ahir em vaig estrenar fent <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/livecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livecoding</span></a> amb ByteBeat, per canviar una miqueta: <a href="https://youtu.be/HGZkJl9uApk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/HGZkJl9uApk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>M'ho vaig passar molt bé, però prometo solemnement tornar a fer live coding amb <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microblocks</span></a> la propera vegada 🙏😅</p>
Simon Walters<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@huffeec" class="u-url mention">@<span>huffeec</span></a></span> Here is link to DIscord <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span> forum for you to come along and discuss possibly using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a> for your <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CyberBricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CyberBricks</span></a> <a href="https://uk.store.bambulab.com/collections/cyberbrick" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.store.bambulab.com/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons/cyberbrick</span></a><br /><a href="https://discord.com/channels/1000653853491998760/1000653853491998762" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discord.com/channels/100065385</span><span class="invisible">3491998760/1000653853491998762</span></a></p>
Simon Walters<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@huffeec" class="u-url mention">@<span>huffeec</span></a></span> Certainly am. I&#39;d love to chat about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a> :)</p>
Simon Walters<p>We now have <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ESPNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ESPNow</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WiFi</span></a> capability for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a></p>
GALPon 🐧 :gal:<p>Xa está dispoñíbel a gravación do relatorio máis o obradoiro de <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a> do pasado 26 de abril.</p><p>Xunto cos de <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/Snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snap</span></a>! (BYOB) na nosa canle en Peertube (grazas a veedeo)<br><a href="https://veedeo.org/c/obradoiros.galpon/videos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">veedeo.org/c/obradoiros.galpon</span><span class="invisible">/videos</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodont.cat/@bromagosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bromagosa</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@SnapCloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SnapCloud</span></a></span></p>
mags amond<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@petermathijssen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>petermathijssen</span></a></span><br>they are a hoot, Peter 👻<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SnapCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SnapCloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microblocks</span></a></p>
GALPon 🐧 :gal:<p>Lembra!<br>O 26 deste mes (sábado) temos un obradoiro sobre «programación por bloques con software (realmente) libre».<br>Contaremos coa presencia de Bernat Romagosa (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodont.cat/@bromagosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bromagosa</span></a></span>)<br>desenvolvedor de <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/Snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snap</span></a>! e mais <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a>, quen, ademais de dirixir o obradoiro, poderá responder a calquera dúbida.</p><p>Se es mestra-e ou estudante de maxisterio ou semellante, ou se te decidiches pola parte técnica cunha enxeñaría, agardámoste.</p><p><a href="https://mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-caa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-c</span><span class="invisible">aa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.galpon.org/content/obradoiro-sobre-contornos-de-programacion-por-bloques-snap-e-microblocks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">galpon.org/content/obradoiro-s</span><span class="invisible">obre-contornos-de-programacion-por-bloques-snap-e-microblocks</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@SnapCloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SnapCloud</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span></p>
GALPon 🐧 :gal:<p>Xa só restan 15 días, pasa a Semana Santa e toca xuntanza/obradoiro de <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/Snasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snasp</span></a>! e <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a> </p><p>Disporemos de placas micro:bit e máis CPX en cantidade abondo para que poidades facer prácticas. É importante que vexades a nova e a documentación referenciada na nova sobre este evento na nosa web.<br>Asemade, disporemos de trebellos Citilab ED1 para que os coñezades e agardamos dispor tamén doutros.</p><p><a href="https://mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-caa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-c</span><span class="invisible">aa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.galpon.org/content/obradoiro-sobre-contornos-de-programacion-por-bloques-snap-e-microblocks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">galpon.org/content/obradoiro-s</span><span class="invisible">obre-contornos-de-programacion-por-bloques-snap-e-microblocks</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@SnapCloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SnapCloud</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span></p>
John Hegarty<p>Playing with 16x16 neopixel panels with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblocks</span></a> <br />CESI logo - Computers in Education Society of Ireland. <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rmillwood" class="u-url mention">@<span>rmillwood</span></a></span> suggested covering with thin material to hide the unused pixels and diffuse the light. Much clearer with the sheet of paper I had to hand.<br />Conference on March 1st. Full details and timetable here <br /><a href="https://www.cesi.ie/conferences/conference-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cesi.ie/conferences/conference</span><span class="invisible">-2025/</span></a></p>
John Hegarty<p>I got some advice at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> junior on using neopanels in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblocks</span></a> and am now starting to play with a new toy <br />Video here -<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/j2yCC1Fa8Hkhx6588" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">photos.app.goo.gl/j2yCC1Fa8Hkh</span><span class="invisible">x6588</span></a></p>
mags amond<p>talking in the education track at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FosDem2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FosDem2025</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodont.cat/@bromagosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bromagosa</span></a></span> speaks of @microblocks as a PIPA language ...<br>Introducing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boardie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boardie</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microblocks</span></a> 2.0<br>Different, but in a cool way.</p>
John Hegarty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodont.cat/@bromagosa" class="u-url mention">@<span>bromagosa</span></a></span> in action at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblocks</span></a></p>
GALPon<p><strong>Obradoiro de formación de formadores sobre contornos de programación por bloques «Snap!» e «microblocks»</strong></p> 26 de abril de 2025, 10:00:00 CEST - GMT+2 - A Industriosa, 36206, Vigo, España <p><a href="https://mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-caa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilizon.fr/events/b0381ccc-c</span><span class="invisible">aa6-4dce-8df0-316fa5ac32c0</span></a></p>
Simon Walters<p>As we celebrate <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MQTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MQTT</span></a> 25th Birthday, remember you can easily use it with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nodered.org/@nodered" class="u-url mention">@<span>nodered</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@SnapCloud" class="u-url mention">@<span>SnapCloud</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NodeRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NodeRED</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SnapCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SnapCloud</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a></p>
parkellipsen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodont.cat/@bromagosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bromagosa</span></a></span> &amp; Enric at RumsXplora/AlgoRetro <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microblocks</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snap</span></a></p>
Ayush<p>I have recently been working on adding Beagleconnect Freedom support to Microblocks. For those unfamiliar, MicroBlocks is a blocks programming language for physical computing inspired by Scratch.</p><p>Here is a blog post going over using microblocks on Beagleconnect Freedom : <a href="https://lnkd.in/ghu_GUdA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/ghu_GUdA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>In the background, I am using Arduino core API for the Zephyr module. This should allow adding support for other Zephyr boards to microblocks fairly simple.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblocks</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/beagleboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beagleboard</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/zephyr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zephyr</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arduino</span></a></p>
Simon Walters<p>How many different <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ESP32</span></a>-xx dev boards is too many? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AskingForAFriend" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AskingForAFriend</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a></p>
GurgleApps<p>Got your word clock yet? We've seen so many great ideas of what people are doing with their Clocks. One guy using a battery pack for power, <br>Simon Walters<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@cymplecy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cymplecy</span></a></span> has used an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>esp32</span></a> mini, extruded the case, rewrote the code using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microblocks</span></a> &amp; has it recording minutes.<br>Take a look here if you are interested in getting your own. <a href="https://gurgleapps.etsy.com/uk/listing/1689755114/color-word-clock-kit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gurgleapps.etsy.com/uk/listing</span><span class="invisible">/1689755114/color-word-clock-kit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gadgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gadgets</span></a></p>
MicroBlocks<p>High Altitude Data Collection with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DatabotUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DatabotUSA</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroBlocks</span></a>. A teacher in Germany will launch a Databot running MicroBlocks to collect data in a high-altitude balloon next week. <a href="https://databot.us.com/mb/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">databot.us.com/mb/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Simon Walters<p>It&#39;s always interesting to look back at old code :) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@microblocks" class="u-url mention">@<span>microblocks</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microblocks</span></a></p>