Electronic Design

Are micro:bits the Right Way to Teach STEM?

The module has no on-board battery, but there’s a power connector. The edge connector uses standard 0.05-in spacing. In addition, five large sections with holes could be used to mount a header, ...
TMCnet

Nordic Semiconductor celebrates 10 years at the heart of the BBC micro:bit as global coding reach passes 73 million young people

Nordic commits to bringing technology and engineers closer to children and students, as the Micro:bit Educational Foundation ...
kucoin

Nordic Semiconductor Celebrates 10 Years of the BBC micro:bit, Reaching 73.5 Million Young Learners

Gareth Stockdale, CEO of the micro:bit Educational Foundation, said: "Nordic Semiconductor has been with us from the ...
Electronic Design

Now Eyeing Global Adoption, micro:bit Wants to Turn All Kids into Inventors

Cultivating young innovators in the technology industry is of top importance for Zach Shelby, CEO of micro:bit Educational Foundation. “Every child will be an inventor,” he says. “Technology is ...
Hackaday

micro bit

The BBC Micro:bit, while not quite as popular in our community as other microcontroller development boards, has a few quirks that can make it a much more interesting piece of hardware to build a ...
Mashable

I've built a metronome with BBC's micro:bit and British school kids can too

The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming. Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; ...
BBC

Gladiators micro:bit challenge

Classrooms, ready! micro:bits, ready! The Gladiators micro:bit competition asked 7 – 11 year olds to invent a gadget to help the Gladiators be their best. The competition closed on the 6th December ...