My name is Stephanie Enslin and I am passionate about making coding understandable. So much about computer and coding is shrouded by mystery and fancy language. Why? Many people stay away out of fear of being inadequate. We need to work together to make this world of coding accessible.
I live in South Africa and there is the added problem is insufficient funding and resources. Thanks to the BBC for the microbit and the developers of Rasberry Pi for making devices that encourage coding and are financially accessible. This channel is an homage to these devices.
I’m a little confused about how to protect the micro:bit and weather station bits from the weather. The cables are long-ish but would still be pretty exposed if the hardware is outside enough to record rain etc. Surprised no-one seems to have created a 3D print file for a protective holder or that one isn’t provided or available.
Hi Coding and Coconuts thanks for taking the time to post this video! I got two weather bits to show the kids at my code club and your code has been very helpful, I also got an anemometer, wind direction and rain gauge so I will now look at adding those features. Subscribed!
Thanks Wikus. Thanks for the support! With a name like van der Merwe you sound like you could be South African...If so then small world as I am based in Johannesburg. Is your code club associated with a school...if so which school? Sounds like I will have to watch your or your kids video on how to add on the anemometer, wind direction and rain gauge. Good luck!
Coding and Coconuts hallo weer! Ek woon in gb, maar alle paaie lei na Johannesburg :-) I did manage to get the anemometer and other gauges running but the numbers from wind speed can be somewhat erratic, it seems to me like I might need some kind of buffer for the value so the code can compare what it was at the last reading, sometimes I just get “???” scrolling by and others (when the meter is spinning) it seems to work. I tweaked things until the microbit was using the serial output to display the values and having it output to the console via putty as a kind of crude logging system... I saw you can get a logger from adafruit that is compatible with the board but I have not ordered one yet. I am indeed part of an education establishment but I can’t talk about it openly as well, you know how things are these days although I do run a code club and try to specialise in team build efforts where we focus on physical computing such as robotics and 3D printing as I am a firm believer in the concept that anyone learns better when they have lots of physical examples. Hope all is well!
