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 Bluetooth SIG and Lancaster University have teamed up to create a custom Bluetooth LE profile for the BBC’s micro:bit educational microcontroller board. Martin Woolley, programme manager at ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...