BBC micro:bit - Ten years of inspiring a generation of digital creators

Celebrating ten years of the BBC micro:bit and its impact on millions of young digital creators around the world ...

Nordic Semiconductor celebrates 10 years at the heart of the BBC micro:bit as global coding reach passes 73 million young people

Nordic Semiconductor (OSE: NOD), a global leader in low-power wireless IoT solutions, this month celebrates 10 years of its ultra-low-power wireless technology at the heart of the BBC micro:bit, the ...
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Nordic Semiconductor Celebrates 10 Years of the BBC micro:bit, Reaching 73.5 Million Young Learners

Gareth Stockdale, CEO of the micro:bit Educational Foundation, said: "Nordic Semiconductor has been with us from the ...
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BBC micro:bit Board Now Available From Adafruit For $15

Adafruit has announced the availability and arrival of the BBC micro:bit development board to their online store, which is now available to purchase for $14.95. The micro:bit hardware is based on the ...
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Pimoroni noise:bit For Micro:bit Arrives At Adafruit

Makers and electronic enthusiasts may be interested to know that Adafruit has this week announced the arrival of the awesome Pimoroni noise:bit designed for the BBC micro:bit mini PC. Simply slide the ...
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BBC Education, Micro:bit Educational Foundation and Nominet join forces to deliver free micro:bits to every primary school across the UK

The partnership will offer a classroom set of 30 BBC micro:bits (a total of almost 700,000 devices) and brand-new teaching resources to every primary school across the UK BBC Education is in a unique ...
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Micro:bit Put On Plant Minding Duty

The BBC has a long history of supporting technology education in schools. The BBC Micro introduced a whole generation of students to computers, and more recently the Micro:bit is teaching today’s ...
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BBC Micro:bit Now On Sale and Shipping

The micro:bit is a remarkable device capable of taking on a variety of roles. Until now it has been the preserve of school children, with one million given away free, via secondary schools. But if you ...
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Offline C/C++ Development With The Micro:bit

We have already discovered how to use the online editor to create a C/C++ program. Now we are going to move to the desktop with an offline approach. This has the advantage that we can use any tools we ...
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Non-Profit Group Takes Over BBC's Micro Bit Project

The Micro Bit mini-computer is to be sold across the world and enthusiasts are to be offered blueprints showing how to build their own versions. The announcements were made by a new non-profit ...
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Microgamer Is A Micro:Bit Handheld Console

The BBC micro:bit single board ARM computer aimed at education does not feature as often as many of its competitors in these pages. It’s not the cheapest of boards, and interfacing to it in all but ...