Can anyone explain me how you use these and what are these?

What is Scratch Link?

VedanshS933 wrote:

Can anyone explain me how you use these

You need to actually own them to be able to use them. For example, in order to use the micro:bit extension you need to own a micro:bit.

VedanshS933 wrote:

What is Scratch Link?

The program that allows communication between Scratch and these extensions. Not available for Linux. Downloadable on the extension landing pages (for example, here)

dhuls wrote:

VedanshS933 wrote:

Can anyone explain me how you use these

You need to actually own them to be able to use them. For example, in order to use the micro:bit extension you need to own a micro:bit.

VedanshS933 wrote:

What is Scratch Link?

The program that allows communication between Scratch and these extensions. Not available for Linux. Downloadable on the extension landing pages (for example, here)

Ok, where do I find them?

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VedanshS933 wrote:

dhuls wrote:

VedanshS933 wrote:

Can anyone explain me how you use these

You need to actually own them to be able to use them. For example, in order to use the micro:bit extension you need to own a micro:bit.

VedanshS933 wrote:

What is Scratch Link?

The program that allows communication between Scratch and these extensions. Not available for Linux. Downloadable on the extension landing pages (for example, here)

Ok, where do I find them?

60 sec again

what do you mean “find them”?

For example on https://ide.codeskool.cc/, you can program Arduino devices, etc.
These are external physical embedded hardware, that you can program using just drag and drop scratch blockly blocks.
But scratch is javascript and to interact with these physical devices, or to compile and send the program to these devices,
you need some type of intermediary, which is called scratch link or something, that helps to connect these devices via Bluetooth, etc.
and bridge the browser with these devices.
Scratch Foundation has their software called Scratch Link that uses Bluetooth to connect with micro:bit, etc. we have our own software,
that uses both websockets and bluetooth to connect with ESP32.
So Physical extensions are blocks to program, physical devices, and link is an application that helps the extensions to connect to these devices.

closing it to prevent necroposting.
thank you!