The micro:bit shown as a rectangle with buttons and gold connectors at the bottom. Moving over the image of the micro:bit will simulate tilting and the graphed data) The Makecode simulator can already ...

The Micro:bit includes two important elements that make this project work: the LED matrix and a gyro sensor. [Turi] built a 5×5 button matrix for inputs and paired each to one of the diodes, ...

The micro:bit is a low-cost hardware platform that is used to introduce both computer programming principles and to facilitate maker activities, like making wearables. It's already widely used by K-12 ...

What the micro:bit does really well is colour code it. There are less ways to make mistakes, because if you put a space or a dot in Java the whole thing can break. So ...

As the Micro Bit mini-computer is handed out to school children across the UK, ... The information was used to create a graph tracking the rate that each of the Micro Bits sped up and slowed down.

The Micro Bit’s LEDs are just red. It could manage a colour screen of course if you fitted one. I think 360 degrees is asking a lot from light pipes.

The BBC launches the Micro Bit computer by giving a copy to thousands of Year 7 pupils - but is it too late to inspire a fresh generation of coders?