Carlos
@carlosperate.bsky.social
⚡️ Love everything embedded software/hardware.
🧑🏫 Passionate about STEM & EdTech.
👨💻 Embedded Software @ #Microbit Educational Foundation (microbit.org).
🐍 Oxford Python user group co-organiser.
🤔 Views my own.
🧑🏫 Passionate about STEM & EdTech.
👨💻 Embedded Software @ #Microbit Educational Foundation (microbit.org).
🐍 Oxford Python user group co-organiser.
🤔 Views my own.
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Carlos
@carlosperate.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Researchers have found a way to turn off a webcam LED while in use.
This is why it was so important during the #microbit design to ensure the mic🎙 LED was wired to its power instead of GPIO. It’s crucial to teach the next gen about privacy & security (or their absence) in the tech they use every day
This is why it was so important during the #microbit design to ensure the mic🎙 LED was wired to its power instead of GPIO. It’s crucial to teach the next gen about privacy & security (or their absence) in the tech they use every day
Not the first #KiCad PCB edge USB‑C footprint, but it’s awesome that this one comes with testing & documentation of contact wear, latch wear, bend & break, and thermals 🤩
Love seeing this data shared with the design.
github.com/AnasMalas/pc...
Love seeing this data shared with the design.
github.com/AnasMalas/pc...
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not the first #KiCad PCB edge USB‑C footprint, but it’s awesome that this one comes with testing & documentation of contact wear, latch wear, bend & break, and thermals 🤩
Love seeing this data shared with the design.
github.com/AnasMalas/pc...
Love seeing this data shared with the design.
github.com/AnasMalas/pc...
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📣 We’re hiring!
Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as an Embedded Software Engineer and help create open, inclusive tech that inspires young people to learn and code 💡
🔗 Apply or share: apply.workable.com/micro-bit-ed...
#Hiring #Edtech #SoftwareEngineer
Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as an Embedded Software Engineer and help create open, inclusive tech that inspires young people to learn and code 💡
🔗 Apply or share: apply.workable.com/micro-bit-ed...
#Hiring #Edtech #SoftwareEngineer
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
📣 We’re hiring!
Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as an Embedded Software Engineer and help create open, inclusive tech that inspires young people to learn and code 💡
🔗 Apply or share: apply.workable.com/micro-bit-ed...
#Hiring #Edtech #SoftwareEngineer
Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as an Embedded Software Engineer and help create open, inclusive tech that inspires young people to learn and code 💡
🔗 Apply or share: apply.workable.com/micro-bit-ed...
#Hiring #Edtech #SoftwareEngineer
The original Arduino IDE was a game changer for makers, educators, and hobbyists. But did you know it was a fork of a fork?🍴
Not only that, but other companies later forked it as well to tweak it for their own needs! Have you seen or used these other versions? 👇🧵
Not only that, but other companies later forked it as well to tweak it for their own needs! Have you seen or used these other versions? 👇🧵
April 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The original Arduino IDE was a game changer for makers, educators, and hobbyists. But did you know it was a fork of a fork?🍴
Not only that, but other companies later forked it as well to tweak it for their own needs! Have you seen or used these other versions? 👇🧵
Not only that, but other companies later forked it as well to tweak it for their own needs! Have you seen or used these other versions? 👇🧵
Reposted by Carlos
Made a thing that makes me happy (how sad): an old RaspberryPi with a small screen and a serial console used as a terminal for smolBASIC (My First Text-based Language) that is running ON THE micro:bit! SmolBASIC is itself written in Python and can be extended by older children.
April 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Made a thing that makes me happy (how sad): an old RaspberryPi with a small screen and a serial console used as a terminal for smolBASIC (My First Text-based Language) that is running ON THE micro:bit! SmolBASIC is itself written in Python and can be extended by older children.
Oh man, I really REALLY wanted to be all in, but $225 + shipping, taxes, and import duties for an nRF52840 watch is a tough sell for me.
Was also hoping the Time would at least look less like a fitness tracker, loved the original Time 2 look 🫤
Still incredibly exited that the Pebble is back! ⌚️🥳
Was also hoping the Time would at least look less like a fitness tracker, loved the original Time 2 look 🫤
Still incredibly exited that the Pebble is back! ⌚️🥳
It's our pleasure to introduce two new watches that closely follow the original Pebble DNA. Both are available for pre-order starting today.
- Core 2 Duo: black/white display, $149, ships in July
- Core Time 2: 64 colour display, $225, ships in Dec
Pre-order today at store.rePebble.com
- Core 2 Duo: black/white display, $149, ships in July
- Core Time 2: 64 colour display, $225, ships in Dec
Pre-order today at store.rePebble.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh man, I really REALLY wanted to be all in, but $225 + shipping, taxes, and import duties for an nRF52840 watch is a tough sell for me.
Was also hoping the Time would at least look less like a fitness tracker, loved the original Time 2 look 🫤
Still incredibly exited that the Pebble is back! ⌚️🥳
Was also hoping the Time would at least look less like a fitness tracker, loved the original Time 2 look 🫤
Still incredibly exited that the Pebble is back! ⌚️🥳
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🚨Our Generative AI Lab at Wharton is releasing its first Prompt Engineering Report, empirically testing prompting approaches. We find:
1) Prompting “tricks” like saying “please” do not help consistently or predictably
2) How you test against benchmarks matters a lot papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
1) Prompting “tricks” like saying “please” do not help consistently or predictably
2) How you test against benchmarks matters a lot papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🚨Our Generative AI Lab at Wharton is releasing its first Prompt Engineering Report, empirically testing prompting approaches. We find:
1) Prompting “tricks” like saying “please” do not help consistently or predictably
2) How you test against benchmarks matters a lot papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
1) Prompting “tricks” like saying “please” do not help consistently or predictably
2) How you test against benchmarks matters a lot papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by Carlos
March 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@juanlu.space Esto va a ser poco random, pero he estado mirando cosas de Python packaging con extra index URLs, y cada vez que busco algo en Google termino en un hilo creado por ti o donde respondes con info útil. Asi que tan solo quería darte las gracias! 😃
February 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@juanlu.space Esto va a ser poco random, pero he estado mirando cosas de Python packaging con extra index URLs, y cada vez que busco algo en Google termino en un hilo creado por ti o donde respondes con info útil. Asi que tan solo quería darte las gracias! 😃
I'm working on wrapping the arm-none-eabi-gcc toolchain into a Python Package 📦🐍 for easy distribution and installation.
Does anybody have any suggestions of an embedded project with complex build steps to test it? Or that uses as many of the toolchain executables as possible?
Does anybody have any suggestions of an embedded project with complex build steps to test it? Or that uses as many of the toolchain executables as possible?
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm working on wrapping the arm-none-eabi-gcc toolchain into a Python Package 📦🐍 for easy distribution and installation.
Does anybody have any suggestions of an embedded project with complex build steps to test it? Or that uses as many of the toolchain executables as possible?
Does anybody have any suggestions of an embedded project with complex build steps to test it? Or that uses as many of the toolchain executables as possible?
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I pulled the trigger and launched the kickstarter for SPOKE this morning.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!
February 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I pulled the trigger and launched the kickstarter for SPOKE this morning.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!
Been working with Intel Hex files & these are a couple of online tools I often use, in case you find them useful too!
1️⃣ www.fischl.de/hex_checksum...
Useful to manually modify Intel Hex records.
2️⃣ nordicsemiconductor.github.io/nrf-intel-he...
Quickly visualise & check memory regions a hex covers.
1️⃣ www.fischl.de/hex_checksum...
Useful to manually modify Intel Hex records.
2️⃣ nordicsemiconductor.github.io/nrf-intel-he...
Quickly visualise & check memory regions a hex covers.
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Been working with Intel Hex files & these are a couple of online tools I often use, in case you find them useful too!
1️⃣ www.fischl.de/hex_checksum...
Useful to manually modify Intel Hex records.
2️⃣ nordicsemiconductor.github.io/nrf-intel-he...
Quickly visualise & check memory regions a hex covers.
1️⃣ www.fischl.de/hex_checksum...
Useful to manually modify Intel Hex records.
2️⃣ nordicsemiconductor.github.io/nrf-intel-he...
Quickly visualise & check memory regions a hex covers.
Reposted by Carlos
November 19, 2024 at 3:53 AM
This is fantastic news for all Pebble fans out there! 🤩
Thanks @ericmigi.com and Google folks for making his happen!
Thanks @ericmigi.com and Google folks for making his happen!
** It's happening!! **
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble
ericmigi.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is fantastic news for all Pebble fans out there! 🤩
Thanks @ericmigi.com and Google folks for making his happen!
Thanks @ericmigi.com and Google folks for making his happen!
If you’d like to get the latest BBC micro:bit posts on your home page, I’ve created a dedicated 🦋 feed just for that! 📢🌐
Follow it to stay updated and see what the #microbit community is sharing 🌟
bsky.app/profile/carl...
Follow it to stay updated and see what the #microbit community is sharing 🌟
bsky.app/profile/carl...
January 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you’d like to get the latest BBC micro:bit posts on your home page, I’ve created a dedicated 🦋 feed just for that! 📢🌐
Follow it to stay updated and see what the #microbit community is sharing 🌟
bsky.app/profile/carl...
Follow it to stay updated and see what the #microbit community is sharing 🌟
bsky.app/profile/carl...
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#micro:bit controlled Ferdinand the Furby has been giving me the stink-eye recently! I don't think he's impressed that Omnibot has had all the attention lately while he's left feeling exposed!
January 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#micro:bit controlled Ferdinand the Furby has been giving me the stink-eye recently! I don't think he's impressed that Omnibot has had all the attention lately while he's left feeling exposed!
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This is a musical USB-MIDI Bonsai tree. Each branch is a touch sensor made from insulated garden wire that triggers a sequence of MIDI notes. It was made using the SPOKE hardware that I'm Kickstarting.
Sign up for updates here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Sign up for updates here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is a musical USB-MIDI Bonsai tree. Each branch is a touch sensor made from insulated garden wire that triggers a sequence of MIDI notes. It was made using the SPOKE hardware that I'm Kickstarting.
Sign up for updates here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Sign up for updates here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
This is excellent news! 🎉
For any project targetting arm64/aarch64 testing in GH Actions required to either have a custom runner on your own Arm server (or something a #RaspberryPi) or using an emulator like QEMU. So I've been looking forward to these native runners for a while! 😃
For any project targetting arm64/aarch64 testing in GH Actions required to either have a custom runner on your own Arm server (or something a #RaspberryPi) or using an emulator like QEMU. So I've been looking forward to these native runners for a while! 😃
That's the news I've been waiting for months!
github.blog/changelog/20...
If you have an OSS project, Arm-native developers can now build, test, and deploy entirely within the arm64 architecture without the need for virtualisation on your Actions runs, all for free!
Build the future on Arm!
github.blog/changelog/20...
If you have an OSS project, Arm-native developers can now build, test, and deploy entirely within the arm64 architecture without the need for virtualisation on your Actions runs, all for free!
Build the future on Arm!
Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories (Public Preview) · GitHub Changelog
Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories (Public Preview)
github.blog
January 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is excellent news! 🎉
For any project targetting arm64/aarch64 testing in GH Actions required to either have a custom runner on your own Arm server (or something a #RaspberryPi) or using an emulator like QEMU. So I've been looking forward to these native runners for a while! 😃
For any project targetting arm64/aarch64 testing in GH Actions required to either have a custom runner on your own Arm server (or something a #RaspberryPi) or using an emulator like QEMU. So I've been looking forward to these native runners for a while! 😃
Reposted by Carlos
New Year, New PyCon UK! We're excited to announce that PyCon UK 2025 will be held in Manchester from 19th to 22nd September 2025. Expect a full program of talks, workshops, and sprints for all Pythonistas. We look forward to seeing you there! #PyConUK2025 #PythonProgramming #Pythonista
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New Year, New PyCon UK! We're excited to announce that PyCon UK 2025 will be held in Manchester from 19th to 22nd September 2025. Expect a full program of talks, workshops, and sprints for all Pythonistas. We look forward to seeing you there! #PyConUK2025 #PythonProgramming #Pythonista
In line with my last post, I just saw a #MechanicalKeyboard that fits inside Altoids tins and it's just 🧑🍳😙🤌
www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKe...
www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKe...
January 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In line with my last post, I just saw a #MechanicalKeyboard that fits inside Altoids tins and it's just 🧑🍳😙🤌
www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKe...
www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKe...
It's been a while, but remember when Altoids tins were the goto project case for electronics? Even the BeagleBone was designed to fit inside!
A bit of #maker nostalgia.
A bit of #maker nostalgia.
January 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's been a while, but remember when Altoids tins were the goto project case for electronics? Even the BeagleBone was designed to fit inside!
A bit of #maker nostalgia.
A bit of #maker nostalgia.
I've finally ported the Awesome micro:bit bot 🤖 to Bluesky!🦋
It automatically shares the latest entries from the Awesome #micro:bit list! So make sure to follow @awesomemicrobit.bsky.social if you want to be up-to-date with the coolest micro:bit projects, lessons & resources 🌟
#EduSky #EdTech #STEM
It automatically shares the latest entries from the Awesome #micro:bit list! So make sure to follow @awesomemicrobit.bsky.social if you want to be up-to-date with the coolest micro:bit projects, lessons & resources 🌟
#EduSky #EdTech #STEM
Hello, world! 🌍
I'm the Awesome micro:bit Bot 🤖, here to showcase the coolest projects, resources, lessons, and ideas from the Awesome micro:bit list! 💡
Follow me to discover the amazing creations the #microbit community is sharing 🚀 #EduSky #EdTech #STEM
I'm the Awesome micro:bit Bot 🤖, here to showcase the coolest projects, resources, lessons, and ideas from the Awesome micro:bit list! 💡
Follow me to discover the amazing creations the #microbit community is sharing 🚀 #EduSky #EdTech #STEM
GitHub - carlosperate/awesome-microbit: A curated list of BBC micro:bit resources.
A curated list of BBC micro:bit resources. Contribute to carlosperate/awesome-microbit development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I've finally ported the Awesome micro:bit bot 🤖 to Bluesky!🦋
It automatically shares the latest entries from the Awesome #micro:bit list! So make sure to follow @awesomemicrobit.bsky.social if you want to be up-to-date with the coolest micro:bit projects, lessons & resources 🌟
#EduSky #EdTech #STEM
It automatically shares the latest entries from the Awesome #micro:bit list! So make sure to follow @awesomemicrobit.bsky.social if you want to be up-to-date with the coolest micro:bit projects, lessons & resources 🌟
#EduSky #EdTech #STEM
Reposted by Carlos
Merry Christmas! I hope Santa made his way to your homes without crashing as much as the one I made did.
Made with a couple of MakeyBits.
Made with a couple of MakeyBits.
December 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Merry Christmas! I hope Santa made his way to your homes without crashing as much as the one I made did.
Made with a couple of MakeyBits.
Made with a couple of MakeyBits.
Reposted by Carlos
If you'd like to see USB device access in VS Code (ex. for programming and debugging,) upvote this issue.
github.com/microsoft/vs...
github.com/microsoft/vs...
Expose native support for USB, HID and Serial device access in VS Code (Desktop) · Issue #236450 · microsoft/vscode
Since Electron version 25, Web-* device access has been possible using the functionality described here: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/devices This request is to expose this funct...
github.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:57 PM
If you'd like to see USB device access in VS Code (ex. for programming and debugging,) upvote this issue.
github.com/microsoft/vs...
github.com/microsoft/vs...
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Feina ben feta d’un departament extraordinari.
#BonNadal #iesferrancasablancas #steam #microbit #roboticaeducativa
#BonNadal #iesferrancasablancas #steam #microbit #roboticaeducativa
December 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Feina ben feta d’un departament extraordinari.
#BonNadal #iesferrancasablancas #steam #microbit #roboticaeducativa
#BonNadal #iesferrancasablancas #steam #microbit #roboticaeducativa