Scratch for Arduino

This is soooo cool. I have been teaching my son about programming using Scratch.

The biggest problem is the huge gap between the kinds of programs a kid can make vs. the kind he can easily download. When I was a kid the kind of programs you could type into a C64 were not that different than anything you might get, so you had an incentive to learn how to do that.

Using Scratch to control hardware could be a really appealing way for them to learn about programming.

Waterbear has an Arduino plugin: http://robotics.waterbearlang.com/garden.html?plugin=arduino

As does Blockly (Google): http://www.gasolin.idv.tw/public/blockly/demos/blocklyduino/...

Blockly is easy to extend as well (maybe Waterbear is too; I have not tried).

This fills a very important void in my family being that my kids can't really type (well or at all) but they love using Scratch. We just got an Arduino but the environment is a bit daunting for them. I haven't had the chance to download the Scratch for Arduino environment, but if this works, I don't know who will be more excited, me or the kids.

Thanks for the work that went into this!

I just got my first Arduino yesterday. It came with a light sensor and some other pieces as part of a starter pack. This is my first project of any kind dealing with anything EE-related or even C-related. This could help get used to some of the concepts surrounding programming for an Arduino.

My kids play with Lego Mindstorms and I play with Arquino. They are also very well versed in Scratch. This is really unexpected but super cool. Thanks!

This is cool.. kinda like lego mindstorms

This is great. Congratulations for the work!

Kids will really enjoy something like this.

Thanks! My kids will love this.

Looks great!