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- Queen_Bee_12
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What Can I Post Here? || A Forum Guide
Hi there, and welcome to the ‘Connecting to the Physical World’ Forum! Below you will find some information as to WHAT exactly you can post here.
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Types of Software
In Scratch, there are two types of software:
Extensions add extra blocks to the normal Scratch program that let you control hardware. Scratch interacts with the hardware through the extension program.
Mods are modified versions of the Scratch program, so they can have more drastic changes: such as compiling and downloading a Scratch program to a robot. But they may be incompatible with the normal Scratch program, and it may be difficult to switch between the mod and Scratch.
This guide here adds some more detail to what is above.
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What Can I Post Here
Topics related to physical extensions like Picoboards, and LegoWeDos should be posted here. Obviously, these are just two of the many possibilities for this forum! You can go here for the full list of software.
This topic is ONLY to be used for the above information. So please only post here about that, and stay on topic.
I hope this helps!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Types of Software
In Scratch, there are two types of software:
Extensions add extra blocks to the normal Scratch program that let you control hardware. Scratch interacts with the hardware through the extension program.
Mods are modified versions of the Scratch program, so they can have more drastic changes: such as compiling and downloading a Scratch program to a robot. But they may be incompatible with the normal Scratch program, and it may be difficult to switch between the mod and Scratch.
This guide here adds some more detail to what is above.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
What Can I Post Here
Topics related to physical extensions like Picoboards, and LegoWeDos should be posted here. Obviously, these are just two of the many possibilities for this forum! You can go here for the full list of software.
This topic is ONLY to be used for the above information. So please only post here about that, and stay on topic.
I hope this helps!
Last edited by Queen_Bee_12 (Jan. 10, 2025 23:11:24)
- cosmosaura
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1000+ posts
What Can I Post Here? || A Forum Guide
"Hello! It's great that you want to help out other Scratchers. However, I think we have enough guides in the forums at the moment. Please feel free to welcome new Scratchers on the group welcoming topic or on individual topics created by New Scratchers.
Other places that can always use more helpful Scratchers like you, are the “”Help With Scripts“” and “”Questions About Scratch“” areas - please use them as designed, by responding to topics created by folks with problems to solve
Finally, a really good place for Scratch guides is the Scratch Wiki - check it out and see if it's something you might like to work on. They have a number of guides - and great organization."
Other places that can always use more helpful Scratchers like you, are the “”Help With Scripts“” and “”Questions About Scratch“” areas - please use them as designed, by responding to topics created by folks with problems to solve

Finally, a really good place for Scratch guides is the Scratch Wiki - check it out and see if it's something you might like to work on. They have a number of guides - and great organization."
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