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. The ...

The Micro:bit includes two important elements that make this project work: the LED matrix and a gyro sensor. [Turi] built a 5×5 button matrix for inputs and paired each to one of the diodes ...

Around 1 million of the devices will be given to all Year 7 children (11/12 year-olds) in the UK by late October (an online simulator, to help teachers get to grips with it, will be available in ...

Board layout - back 1. USB Plug (Micro-USB plug) – labelled USB on the board 2. Button R (reset button) – labelled Reset on the board 3. Status LED – not labelled on the board 4. Battery ...

Oh, and you can preorder one. For a while now BBC has been working to deliver on its original promise of free Micro Bits for young people, but apparently it’s finally caught up with its self ...

The micro:bit contains a built-in magnetometer sensor which could be used to help create a metal detector, an accelerometer to make a hi-tech spirit level, a Bluetooth chip to control a DVD player ...

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 ...