Here you will soon find a short post about my first experiences with the BADGER 2040. This is a low-cost, credit card sized board that you can buy here for GBP 16.50. The Badger combines the Raspberry Pi RP2040 controller with a...
Read MoreThe Google Chrome Development tools are very useful if you want to understand and learn about web programming. The tools are integrated in the Chrome web browser and you can find them easily selecting the View Menu, then...
Read MoreOften you need to get a copy of your screen or a part of it for documentation purposes. There are many different ways available with Windows 10, my two favourite tools are mentioned here, they also give you some choice on what...
Read MoreClasses are a means to structure your program and make the code more easy to follow. A class allows you to put all variables and functions that create, manipulate and interact the same type of structure in one declaration and...
Read MoreArrays are a powerful element of programming languages. They allow to store and manipulate data using one name and then accessing individual data with an index (number). You can imagine them as a container that holds many...
Read MoreHow to set up the hardware Please follow the wiring shown on the photo below. There are two connections to the micro:bit, one is on the GND connector (the yellow cable on the picture), the other is on PIN0 (the white cable on...
Read MoreThe micro:bit is a tiny computer that you can program with blocks and also with other programming languages. It has two buttons, 25 LEDS, and some more sensors built in, you can add more sensors (to pick up and measure events...
Read Morep5.js is a programming language created for artists. It is easy to learn and uses Javascript, the computer language of the internet and beyond. p5.js runs on a web browser, recent versions of Firefox, Chrome or Safari are fine....
Read MoreThe code below let a person raise his hand and form the ok sign with his index finger and thumb. This method can be used with all sprites that have a hand with fingers. They are arranged in the class Person. Therefore we create...
Read MoreThere is a nice video on how to create procedures that allow you to make bipeds (i.e. characters with two feet) walk. It is here The movement has been separated into two procedures, the first halfstep called...
Read MoreThis video revises again the concept of objects and shows you how to create talking person, with sound and movement of the mouth. Here is a code snippet for this, and a short description on how to create it: Add it as a...
Read MoreWhen importing audio files into Alice, they should be as small as possible, not exceeding 3.6MB, this value may vary. There are audio files with music and sounds provided as part of Alice, you can access them by clicking in the...
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