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 ...

The BBC micro:bit has been with us for about eighteen months now, and while the little ARM-based board has made a name for itself in its intended market of education, we haven’t seen as much of ...

Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and resources.

The BBC has created a new foundation to manage the Micro:Bit and its continued roll-out to other countries, as well as new hardware releases.

The BBC collaborates with 29 partners to send thousands of miniature computers to every grade 7 child in the UK. This is the BBC you're… ...

BBC Micro:bit will hopefully help kids learn to code, like the BBC Micro before it.

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… ...

The BBC launches the Micro Bit computer by giving a copy to thousands of Year 7 pupils - but is it too late to inspire a fresh generation of coders?

It is called the Micro Bit and it was unveiled at this morning's launch of Make It Digital, an ambitious project aimed at getting us all to be a bit more creative with digital technology.

Micro-USB controller: This is controlled by a separate processor and presents the micro:bit to a computer as a memory stick. This means the program can be dragged onto the micro:bit in the same ...