Admittingly, downloading code is a two-step process – saving to a hard/thumb drive then copying the code
s.UF2 file to the Circuit Playground which shows up as a flash drive itself.
Scott has written a short program which on Windows associates with .UF2 files such that is a new file is saved, the program automatically copies the code to the Circuit Playground Express! Great idea!
He says:
You can find source here https://github.com/shanselman/MakeCodeLaunchAndCopy if you’re a developer, just get .NET Core 2.1 and run my .cmd file on Windows to build it yourself. Feel free to make it a Windows Store App if you’re an overachiever. Pull Requests appreciated 😉
We love people innovating with Circuit Playground Express and Crickit. Let us know your adventures in the comments below.
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