Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and ...

Programming: The BBC Micro Bit is programmed through a web-based editing environment. Editors support Microsoft's Touch Develop language, JavaScript, Python, C++ and Blocks.

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 ...

Children can program the micro:bit using Blockly, TouchDevelop or Python before loading their own projects over USB or using a smartphone app. The display can be used to show messages or ...

BBC Micro:bit will hopefully help kids learn to code, like the BBC Micro before it.

The purpose of the Micro:bit is to encourage kids to learn how computers work, rather than simply consuming media on them. Get them into programming and engineering at a young age, and they might ...

Playing with the new micro:bit - three MakeCode projects for you to try out We took part in a coding workshop as the pocket sized computer got an update - see what we made and try them for yourself!

The BBC is set to continue its history in educational computing with the Micro:bit. First displayed in March, the broadcaster just revealed the final design and programming environment of the tiny ...

You might wish to program a micro:bit somewhat closer to the metal with the Mbed toolchain, but even if that is the case it’s still of interest to read a dissection of its official stack.

The second micro:bit detects gestures with its accelerometer, and then sends the relevant commands to the robotic arm’s micro:bit over its built-in radio link.

Much like the original BBC Micro from the ’80s, or the Raspberry Pi, the BBC Micro:Bit has proved a successful way to encourage programming and hardware hacking in younger generations and ...