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The BBC Micro Bit is the latest tiny programming board to arrive. As the name suggests, the BBC is hoping that the Micro Bit will follow in the footsteps of the legendary BBC Micro and inspire a ...

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 ...

Image: BBC The BBC had started delivering the first of its Micro Bit programming boards to students, a project which it hopes will help create the next generation of coders and tech entrepreneurs ...

The micro:bit is in fact a mbed OS product, so while it is designed to be used by the higher level programming languages like JavaScript and Python, you can in fact program it via mbed in C and C++.

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.

Mannapperuma has an ambitious mission: to increase the programming skills of every child in Sri Lanka. “With the help of micro:bit, we can lay the foundation of programming to enrich their lives.” ...

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 ...

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

Micro:bit is programmed over Bluetooth, but also – I am guessing – over its edge-connector. So how about a HAT (Raspberry Pi add-on boards are called Hardware Attached on Tops – like Capes for ...