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

Nordic Semiconductor (OSE: NOD), a global leader in low-power wireless IoT solutions, this month celebrates 10 years of its ultra-low-power wireless technology at the heart of the BBC micro:bit, the ...
Hackaday

Micro:bit

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at 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 ...
I Programmer

Micro:bit - Morse Transmitter

The micro:bit has a built-in radio that can be used to create a very simple Morse code transmitter. This is an extract from the newly published second edition of my book on programming the micro:bit ...