The BBC micro:bit single board ARM computer aimed at education does not feature as often as many of its competitors in these pages. It’s not the cheapest of boards, and interfacing to it in ...

Opening the package, the micro:bit kit is rather minimalist. The board itself, a short USB lead, a battery box and a pair of AAA cells, an instruction leaflet, and the board itself. Everything ...

The emotion badge project uses the micro:bit’s game controller-like buttons to display different expressions on its LEDs. Press the A button to make a smiling face, and the B button to make a ...

Two programmable buttons activated when pressed. Use the micro:bit as a games controller. Pause or skip songs on a playlist. • On-board motion detector or “accelerometer” that can detect ...