From 41977f087edad240f10bd1ef45837695e77cbd66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peli de Halleux Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:49:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] win10 docs --- docs/windows10.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/windows10.md diff --git a/docs/windows10.md b/docs/windows10.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa1c09b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/windows10.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Windows 10 App + +## Features + +The Windows 10 App provides all the existing features of codemicrobit.com plus the following ones: + +* **auto-upload**: the compiled .hex file is automatically deployed to all connected BBC micro:bits +* **serial piping**: all serial data sent by connected BBC micro:bit is automatically imported and analyzed in the editor. + +## Installing the pre-release app + +The following instructions allow to side-load the Windows 10 app. This is required until the app is in the store. + +* Search for “developer settings” in Windows 10 and put your computer in “Developer mode”. +* Download https://pxt.io/codemicrobit.appx and unzip it. **DO NOT try to install from a zipped folder.** +* Open the extracted folder, right-click on `Add-AppDevPackage.ps1` and click on `Run with PowerShell`. Follow the prompts… + +4) In order to communicate with the micro:bit via serial, you need to install the [ARM mbed driver](https://developer.mbed.org/handbook/Windows-serial-configuration).