Within a few moments I had put a simple code together and got the LED lights flashing on the micro:bit simulator. I then plugged in my micro:bit, paired it with my device and clicked download to ...

The micro:bit is all about writing code to make things with a physical action. Some simple examples are shown the first time you turn it on. The LEDs spell out instructions for you to complete.

Once the code is written and tested we can then look at connecting our hardware, albeit a simple push switch. Remember that the micro:bit is designed as an educational aid rather than a rival to ...

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation have made it simple to use by creating code projects to help you get started– ranging from flashing hearts where you programme the micro:bit to display an ...

The BBC is giving schools a million free micro:bit computers. It hopes it will kick-start a coding revival. This is the inside story ...

It has taken a long time for the BBC micro:bit to finally reach students in the UK. The device was first announced in 2015, but it has gone through a series of delays that kept pushing its release ...

Tools such as micro:bit figure prominently in Code Stack’s High School computer science curriculum, which Love is developing, because they are so simple, yet extensible.

Save your work and then flash the code to the attached micro:bit. We now switch to Python 3, found in the Programming menu. Click on File > New Window and in the new window click on File > Save ...

We always have mixed feelings about the drag-and-drop programming languages. But we were impressed with [SirDan’s] Morse code decoder built with the graphical MakeCode. Granted, it is reading… ...

The micro:bit GPIO expansion board at first glance, compact and simple, the main thing it can do is provide quick and easy access to the GPIOs of a micro:bit computer. The inclusion of the ...

I explored how the micro:bit v2's new capabilities could be used to play out some hit tunes. Piecing together tone blocks of various lengths, I was able to put together recognisable snippets from ...