Changes/Micro Bit

Micro Bit

Summary

Enable the use of BBC Micro Bit on Fedora systems. Users will be able develop, and put in new code to their micro:bit devices using Fedora.

Owner

• Name: Kushal Das
• Email: mail@kushaldas.in
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 24
• Last updated: 2016-01-15
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Micro Bit (or micro:bit) is an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. It will be given to every class 7 students in UK. This change will make sure that they simply use Fedora to use their devices.

Benefit to Fedora

Enabling the devlopment of Micro Bit programs will enable regular Fedora users to use their normal system for this. This change will also bring in more young developers to Fedora echo system as we will be the first distribution to fully support the development for the board.

Scope

• Proposal owners: Kushal Das

• Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)