Everything is child-sized, the micro:bit is a curved-corner PCB about 50mm by 40mm. The top of the board has a 5 by 5 square LED matrix and a pair of tactile switches, while the bottom has the ...

The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that can be used to teach primary school children about coding. The deadline for UK primary school teachers to sign up for a free classroom set of 30 ...

This showed that logging and visualising movement data was an ideal gateway to teaching ML to primary age children. Image caption, The team at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation chose to explore ...

Q: You must be pleased with the launch of the BBC Micro:bit and its embracing of Bluetooth Smart? A: Absolutely. One million UK school kids will be receiving a BBC Micro:bit and for many of them this ...

The BBC micro:bit single board ARM computer aimed at education does not feature as often as many of its competitors in these pages. It’s not the cheapest of boards, and interfacing to it in ...

Mike Meakin got in touch with EW to describe an over-heating problem he found with his BBC micro:bit. It looks like that one of the chips on some micro:bits is getting very hot. It happened with his, ...