In the CBBC series The Dumping Ground, Izzy, Dita and Erin use the BBC micro:bit to create a radio door alarm to monitor the door to their secret den. They set up a trap as they want to find out who ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

Making gadgets is no longer just for super-nerds. And to prove that we’re entering a golden age of tinkering, the BBC last week started sending its micro:bit computers to one million lucky UK students ...

The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming. Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; ...

A new second-generation micro:bit mini PC has been launched this week, now equipped with a microphone and speaker, while still offering the great features of the original. The new BBC micro:bit ...

Details have been announced of version 2 of the BBC micro:bit educational computer. micro:bit v2 is built around a Nordic Semi nRF52833, which will run application code, Bluetooth stack and handle USB ...

It’s a rather odd proposition, to give an ARM based single board computer to coder-newbie children in the hope that they might learn something about how computers work, after all if you are used to ...

After experimenting with different versions of the BBC micro:bit, I decided to try out its add-ons/accessories that might help make my upcoming projects easier. Currently my choice is the micro:bit ...

Starting from this morning, March 22, about a million teachers and students across the UK will begin to receive a free BBC Micro:bit computer. The idea is to get an ...