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Brand: micro:bit
A pocket-sized computer kids can code on day one
The BBC micro:bit V2 is a small computer (roughly credit-card sized) made for learning to code. On the board you'll find a 25-LED display, a speaker, a microphone, an accelerometer, a compass, a temperature sensor and wireless radio. Kids program it in a web browser with Microsoft MakeCode, snapping drag-and-drop blocks together, so there's no software to install. The Go bundle adds a USB cable, a battery holder and batteries, which means you can plug in and write your first program the day it arrives.
All of this is on the board itself, so you don't need extra parts for your first projects.
Scroll text, show numbers or draw little pictures. The LEDs can also sense light
Play sounds, tunes and even speech without plugging anything in
Make projects that react to a clap, a shout or a whisper
The accelerometer and compass know when it's tilted, shaken or pointed a new direction
Tap the gold logo on the front to start a program or trigger a reaction
Radio and Bluetooth let micro:bits send messages to each other and to phones
Each micro:bit has a radio, so two or more boards can talk to each other without any wires. Kids use it to build multiplayer games, pass secret messages across the room, or team up on a bigger project where every board has its own job.
200+ free projects available on microbit.org
These projects only use what's on the board, so you can try them straight out of the box.
A good first program: make a heart pulse on the LED display
Learn: Loops, timing, LED control
Shake to roll a random number from 1 to 6
Learn: Random numbers, accelerometer
Play against a friend using shake to choose
Learn: Variables, conditionals, random
Turn your micro:bit into a working compass that points North
Learn: Compass sensor, mapping values
Scroll custom text and messages across the LED display
Learn: Strings, loops, LED display
Draw and animate your own pixel art on the 5x5 LED grid
Learn: LED grid, arrays, animation
When these are done, microbit.org has 200+ more free projects, from games to music makers and science experiments
Kids at home and in classrooms, mid-project with their micro:bits.
| Processor | ARM Cortex-M4 @ 64MHz |
| Memory | 512KB Flash, 128KB RAM |
| Display | 25 LEDs (5x5 grid) |
| Audio | Built-in speaker and microphone |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, compass, temperature, light, touch |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth LE, Radio, USB |
| I/O Pins | 25 edge connector pins |
| Power | USB or 2x AAA batteries |
| Dimensions | 4cm x 5cm |
| Programming | MakeCode, Python, Scratch |
The board, USB cable, batteries and battery holder all come in the box, so your first program is only a few minutes away.
