Bluetooth Smart is a key element of the Micro:bit, the BBC's much heralded educational computing device aimed at Year 7 children in the UK. Electronics ...

Conceived and convened by the BBC, the BBC micro:bit has been made possible by a pioneering partnership of 29 organisations. It is unprecedented in its scale, ambition and dedication to help a new ...

The first micro:bit was invented by the BBC and partners and launched in 2015, honouring the BBC’s legacy of computing that stretches back to the original BBC Micro computer of the 1980s. Our original ...

Details have been announced of version 2 of the BBC micro:bit educational computer. micro:bit v2 is built around a Nordic Semi nRF52833, which will run application code, Bluetooth stack and handle USB ...

The Micro Bit is a palm-sized circuit board with an array of 25 lights that can be programmed to show letters, numbers and other shapes, and a Bluetooth chip for wireless connectivity.

One million micro:bits are being delivered to British school children to help teach STEM, but is it the right way to do things?

It has been announced that the BBC are to pass their micro:bit educational microcontroller board on to a non-profit-making foundation which will aim to take the project to a global audience. The ...

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 ...