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Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...
Opening the package, the micro:bit kit is rather minimalist. The board itself, a short USB lead, a battery box and a pair of AAA cells, an instruction leaflet, and the board itself. Everything ...
The servos are under the command of a micro:bit microcontroller board, which itself receives signals from a second micro:bit which is strapped to the human wishing to control the arm. The second ...
Studying statistics needn’t be a slog. With the help of a micro:bit and this KS2 coding lesson plan, it can become a boogie ...
[CHEERS] Fran Scott: So Mike, are we going to be using the micro-bit here to measure the speed? Mike Ford: Yeah, we are. We have a little setup here, which is our timing gate, and as probably ...
An initiative designed to promote careers in the semiconductor space will come full circle Friday as more than 140 middle school students visit WCC for a coding hackathon.
A few of the BBC’s rather neat micro:bit computers have ended up with very hot chips – clearly there is a design flaw. Malcolm commented on an early post on this subject and may have put his finger on ...