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Marwan Alsabbagh
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Marwan Alsabbagh

Marwan Alsabbagh has been coding in some form or other since before the web existed and has continued to develop software, with a particular passion for Python, his preferred programming language, for over a decade. He has been a speaker at a number of global Python conferences, where he has been known to present microcontroller projects with a healthy dose of humor and stage theatrics. The snow globe intruder alert system, which he created with his creative and curious daughters, was one of his favorite MicroPython projects. His research interests include software engineering, microcontrollers, and 3D printing.
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Circuit Playground Express power

The game that will be presented in this chapter can run directly on Circuit Playground Express, without a need for a connected computer. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce the options you have to make your project portable on this type of board. The board can receive power from a number of different portable sources.

We'll explore two different approaches to solving the problem of portable power. Each approach uses a different connector on the board. The first connector we will look at is the Micro B USB connector, which appears in the following image:

Courtesy of adafruit.com

This connector can be used to connect the board to a computer for power and to transfer your code and audio files onto the board. One approach is to attach a portable power bank to the board via USB. The following photograph shows the board being powered...

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Marwan Alsabbagh

Marwan Alsabbagh has been coding in some form or other since before the web existed and has continued to develop software, with a particular passion for Python, his preferred programming language, for over a decade. He has been a speaker at a number of global Python conferences, where he has been known to present microcontroller projects with a healthy dose of humor and stage theatrics. The snow globe intruder alert system, which he created with his creative and curious daughters, was one of his favorite MicroPython projects. His research interests include software engineering, microcontrollers, and 3D printing.
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