The BBC is giving schools a million free micro:bit computers. It hopes it will kick-start a coding revival. ... The display can be used to show messages or animations or play simple games.

The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that you can code, customise and control to bring your digital ideas, games and apps to life.

The Microsoft MakeCode platform is a free online blocks-based programming tool that's used to write the code that tells the micro:bit hardware what you want it to do. It’s very easy to use and ...

The BBC Micro:bit, while not quite as popular in our community as other microcontroller development boards, has a few quirks that can make it a much more interesting piece of hardware to build a ...

The animations were coded using Touch Develop software and involved passing data from one Micro Bit to another in order to produce a maximum frame rate of 12 frames per second.

By enabling the Micro:bit to tap into the functions of everyday digital devices – a new Bluetooth Smart profile has been specifically created for Micro-Bit by the Bluetooth SIG (an official “BBC micro ...

The Micro Bit will be more than double the price of the Raspberry Pi Zero mini-computer The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the ...