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Scratch 2.0 Update: Scratch + Hardware

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ScratchEd Team
Administrator
February 03, 2014
Hi everyone,

We're excited to share this update from the MIT Scratch Team regarding Scratch and hardware connections:
  • In a month or so: Scratch 2.0 support for WeDo will be available
  • Later this spring: Scratch 2.0 support for the PicoBoard will be available
  • Later this spring: An API will be released so that developers can develop Scratch 2.0 extensions for other hardware devices
We will post launch details as soon as we know more. Stay tuned!

Sincerely,
Michelle Chung, on behalf of the ScratchEd Team
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Susan Ettenheim
Member
June 11, 2014
 Shane - can you point us to some resources about this? Are there a group of people who would be interested in doing a hangout to learn and solve some sticking points that may be keeping some of us from being up and running? I'm happy to put together some documentation once I understand this and have it working!
Susan Ettenheim
Member
May 30, 2014
 We're trying to use a Pico Board with Scratch 2.0 right now and we're having trouble. Is there a very current update to the status?
Frank Sabaté
Member
May 31, 2014
 The Pico Board extension for Scratch 2.0 is available and was released two weeks ago (only for the online version).
I had some problems and I had to make some changes (COM port must be the lowest possible, on windows you can change the number on Device Admin settings).

And now, It works (a little bit buggy, but works).

Shane Clements
Member
June 02, 2014
 Hi Frank,

Could you please let us know about the PicoBoard extension bugs? Here is where you can create a bug report: github.com/LLK/scratch-flash/issues/new

Thanks!
Shane
Frank Sabaté
Member
June 02, 2014
 HI Shane,
I don't know if it is a bug or maybe I am doing something wrong but in the following picture you've got a script that doesn't work as I expected as it always says "False". 


Is it a bug?

There's no problem if you use the hat block "when button pressed".

Could you add the feature of showing the value of the sensors on the stage?

Thanks
Shane Clements
Member
June 10, 2014
 Thanks Frank! That was a bug which has just been fixed and will go out with the next release (next week I think).

Shane
ScratchEd Team
Administrator
May 30, 2014
Hi Susan,

I haven't heard of any recent update for Picoboards. You might want to try writing to help@scratch.mit.edu.

Sincerely,
Michelle, on behalf of the ScratchEd Team
ADEL KASSAH
Member
February 03, 2014
Great
Is it possible to make scratch run like a server and send HTTP request?
In Scratch For Arduno version (and maybe BYOB) it was possible
Shane Clements
Member
June 10, 2014
 Yes! The offline version of Scratch 2.0 supports HTTP extensions