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 ...

We always have mixed feelings about the drag-and-drop programming languages. But we were impressed with [SirDan’s] Morse code decoder built with the graphical MakeCode. Granted, it is reading… ...

Then play the video and hold it there until the flashing stops. Then, pull the micro:bit away and take a look at the LEDs. It should have interpreted the message!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Problems with the micro:bit's power supply are being blamed for the delay, with the BBC unable to confirm when it exactly it will appear. The BBC had intended to give one micro:bit to every year ...