BBC Micro:bit—a free single-board PC for every Year 7 kid in the ... Bluetooth is available for connectivity, and there's an accelerometer and compass on-board. BBC Micro:bit features, pinouts, ...

The Micro:bit features programmable buttons and LEDs, so it can become a handheld game. It uses Bluetooth to communicate with other devices. An accelerometer, compass, ...

The micro:bit has a built-in magnetometer – all you need to get it to display its direction is a little code, the contents of which will handily introduce you both to the handy concept of conditional ...

Izzy: We did it by creating a door alarm sensor using the micro:bit’s in-built compass, called a magnetometer. When the door opened, the micro:bit was triggered to alert us.

To do this, the micro:bit pocket-sized computer is being distributed for free to students, complete with programmable innards, Bluetooth, built-in compass, and motion detection. This is all part ...

Watch DanTDM explain what's possible with BBC micro:bit, and why YOU should get involved with ... the touch sensor and the microphone. And here we have the speaker, compass and accelerometer which ...

For full instructions on how to create your very own BBC microbit compass using the awesome Zip Halo for the BBC microbit, jump over to the Kitronik website by following the link below.

Comparing the Micro Bit to the latest model of Raspberry Pi, which sells for $35, is a little unfair but the Raspberry Pi Zero ($5) is more comparable level in terms of scale and price (the BBC ...

How to master…the BBC micro:bit. The BBC's mini-puter is finally out in the wild – here's how to turn its many skills into amazing DIY gadgets... Mark Wilson Follow @markydwilson. 4 April 2016 / 18:04 ...