From what I have
gathered, TU100
is a beginner's programming course. It is based on Sense programming
environment which works hand in hand with the open-source SenseBoard
hardware kit which is supplied along with the course material.
SenseBoard looks like Arduino
which is another open-source integrated development environment (IDE)
and single-board micro-controller.
My
curiosity took me to the OU
Sense website. There are links on this web page for OU students
registered for this course (this is where I went) and people who are
interested in Sense (I haven’t yet checked the forums on this link).
OU TU100 students need to log in, from where they are taken to the
Sense installation web page. Everything on this web page is self
explanatory.
The
'Sense installation link' takes you through a 6 steps process
for setting up Sense/SenseBoard. There is an introductory video,
information on the contents of the SenseBoard box sent by the OU, how
to install the Sense software (it can be installed on Windows, Mac
and Linux), connecting and testing of the hardware as well as an
overview of the first few weeks of the course.
If
you are impatient like myself, then you can go ahead and dive in the course material which you might already have received. I read
somewhere that programmers are lazy people so this time around I will
take my time just being curious and jump in when the course website
opens on the 24th of January.
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