Hackaday

BBC Micro:bit Reads Morse Code With MakeCode

We always have mixed feelings about the drag-and-drop programming languages. But we were impressed with [SirDan’s] Morse code decoder built with the graphical MakeCode. Granted, it is reading 5 ...
Digital Journal

BBC micro:bit to teach ‘hundreds of millions’ to code

The micro:bit was conceived as a device to get children interested in computers, emulating the excitement around early PCs like the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum in the 1980s. With the micro:bit, the BBC ...
Liliputing

bbc micro bit

The BBC micro:bit is a tiny gadget that was distributed to about a million students in British schools earlier this year as a way to encourage kids to learn to code. A few months later, the BBC ...
Digital Spy

BBC Micro Bit hands-on: The PC that will be given away for free

Earlier today the BBC surprised everyone by announcing the Micro Bit, a micro-computer aimed at teaching people how to code. We had a chance to go hands-on with the little device to understand how the ...
Digital Journal

BBC micro:bit provided free to educators

The aim is also to encourage teachers to discuss the technology, and coding in particular, in the classroom. For this, element14 is asking educators to register on their community portal and to upload ...