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.

I decided to start off simple. I plugged in my ... the Digital Leaders’ help, we created micro:bit challenge cards which showed examples of different code and different projects.

For this example you will also need to copy this Python code to a MicroPython editor and use the editor to flash the Python code onto the micro:bit. I also made a theremin-like musical toy!

Here are some example wearable projects that you can do on the micro:bit website. Can you begin your own wearable project at home? You don't need a real micro:bit just yet. You can use it’s ...

The BBC micro:bit has finally dropped into the hands of many Year 7 students across the UK and there's already a wealth of tutorials and resources out there to help both students and teachers get ...

Now we use an infinite loop to contain the code that we ... been predetermined, for example shaking, tilting and flipping the micro:bit. We can use these gestures for simple input and in this ...

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. “One of our teachers ...

without the need for any soldering allowing you to quickly prototype and test out your micro:bit code and projects. The new breakout board created by Adafruit offers a card-edge connector for the ...

We tried out a review unit to see what it's like to learn to code with a BBC micro:bit. The micro:bit arrives in a cardboard box like this. Here's what I got inside the box for the journalist ...

Image caption, Owners of the Micro Bit can write code for it via a website designed ... is entering what is now quite a crowded market for simple educational computing devices.