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May 11, 2016 07:09 am GMT
More about Raspberry Pi, Microbit, and Tech
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I've built a metronome with BBC's micro:bit and British school kids can too
The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming.
Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; I've spent some time with it to see how well it works and what you can do with it.
Turns out, you can do quite a lot. The micro:bit kit consists of the micro:bit itself, a tiny, programmable computer that looks like a smaller version of Raspberry Pi, a buzzer, an audio cable, a battery holder and some batteries. Read more...
What's in the box?
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