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Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and resources.
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Micro:bit Solar Panel In conjunction with our ICS research, the CEDAR Center has devised a micro:bit activity to simulate a solar panel control system. In this activity, students 3D print then ...
The Raspberry Pi has been a huge success story for Britain, giving millions of people an affordable way to tinker and learn with pocket-sized hardware. Now, the BBC is hoping to make a similar impact ...
Micro-USB controller: This is controlled by a separate processor and presents the micro:bit to a computer as a memory stick. This means the program can be dragged onto the micro:bit in the same ...
As a BBC Micro user at the dawn of the 80s I immediately sensed that home computer’s possibilities – by junking the boring BASIC computer programming tools and playing alien invasion game ...
BBC technology correspondent Rory goes hands-on with the Micro Bit The BBC has revealed the final design of the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer set to be given to about one million UK-based ...
The tiny BBC micro:bit mini-computer just got a big upgrade The pocket-sized computer has a new microphone and better hardware, so that children can learn the basics of machine learning.
Find out how your primary school can take part in the BBC micro:bit's playground survey and discover downloadable teaching resources for your class.
The BBC passes control of the Micro Bit mini-computer to a foundation that aims it to give it international appeal.