diff --git a/docs/about.md b/docs/about.md index eddd53b0..395626bf 100644 --- a/docs/about.md +++ b/docs/about.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Just like Arduino, the micro:bit can be connected to and interact with sensors, ## Blocks or JavaScript -The student can program the BBC micro:bit using [visual blocks](http://www.github.com/Google/blockly) or JavaScript. +The student can program the BBC micro:bit using Blocks or JavaScript. ```blocks basic.showString("Hi!"); @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ basic.showString("Hi!"); ## Compile and Flash -When a user has her code ready, she can connect her BBC micro:bit to a computer via a USB cable, so it appears as a mounted drive. +When a user has her code ready, she can connect her BBC micro:bit to a computer via a USB cable, so it appears as a mounted drive (named MICROBIT). Compilation to the ARM thumb machine code happens in the browser. @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The student is prompted to save the ARM binary program to a file, which she then which flashes the micro:bit device with the new program. ## Simulator: Test Your Code + Before a student compiles her code for the micro:bit, she can run it using the micro:bit simulator, all within the confines of a web browser. The simulator has support for the LED screen, buttons, as well as compass, accelerometer, and digital I/O pins.