SlashGear

BBC Micro:bit Explained In 5 Steps

The BBC collaborates with 29 partners to send thousands of miniature computers to every grade 7 child in the UK. This is the BBC you're thinking of – the news organization – and this is not the first ...
New Electronics

Nordic Semiconductor marks 10 years in BBC micro:bit programme

Celebrating 10 years in BBC micro:bit programme Credit: Nordic Semiconductor Nordic Semiconductor is marking a decade of involvement in the BBC micro:bit initiative, as the educational platform ...
Hackaday

micro bit

The BBC Micro:bit, while not quite as popular in our community as other microcontroller development boards, has a few quirks that can make it a much more interesting piece of hardware to build a ...
FT Markets

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

Nordic commits to bringing technology and engineers closer to children and students, as the Micro:bit Educational Foundation calls for industry and education to work together. OSL ...
Ars Technica

BBC starts sending free Micro:bit computers to a million UK students

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 ...
The Jamaica Observer

Primary schools to benefit from coding programme

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Students in 55 primary schools are to benefit from the e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) micro:bit coding programme this academic year, as the company ramps up efforts to ...
BBC

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 ...
Hackaday

Micro:bit

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at a ...