The BBC Micro:bit can now be bought commercially for the grand old sum of £13. If you also want a battery pack, USB cable, and a leaflet with some starter activities, it'll cost a couple of quid ...

The 11- and 12-year-old UK school children will receive Micro Bit, a stripped-down computer that can be worn on a lanyard. Similar to the Raspberry Pi, ...

It has been announced that the BBC are to pass their micro:bit educational microcontroller board on to a non-profit-making foundation which will aim to take the project to a global audience. The li… ...

It promises to revive fond memories for a generation raised on the BBC Micro. Now the BBC has shrugged off calls to rein in its “imperial ambitions” by unveiling the BBC micro:bit, a successor ...

This time last year the BBC said it would be gifting one million Micro Bits to 11-year-old UK schoolkids, in fall 2015. That timeframe has slipped considerably, ...

The 15-year-old winner of the Foundation’s Mothers and Carers Challenge created code that turned his micro:bit into an alarm, key finder, compass, egg timer and intruder alarm and a 13-year-old ...

Once built — or sketch uploaded — the Micro:bit paddles can be connected to the ATmega328p and played like an old-school controller, but [Linker3000] has enabled Bluetooth control of the ...

The micro:bit includes 25 LEDs, which can display images and text, two programmable buttons, ... which was given free to every 11- to 12 year-old student in the UK last year.

1. One million 11- to 12-year-old students will receive this tiny micro:bit to help teach STEM. (Click image to enlarge.) The module has no on-board battery, but there’s a power connector.

A micro:bit, battery pack and micro USB cable, plus a suitable computer for programming. 2 crocodile clip leads. A piezo speaker or an audio amp or even an old pair of earphones (don't use a good ...