Hackaday

A 3D Printed Micro:Bit Nunchuk

As [Paul Bardini] explains on the Thingiverse page for his “Micro:Bit Hand Controller”, the Bluetooth radio baked into the BBC’s educational microcontroller makes it an ideal choice for remotely ...
Business Wire

Aquiba Selects Energy Micro Low Power Microcontroller for Next Generation Smart Water Meter

OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Micro has announced that Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, has selected Energy Micro’s energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller ...
Design-Reuse

Luminary Micro Announces Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit with ARM(R) RealView(R) Microcontroller Development Kit Software

Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit is Both Evaluation Platform and A Serial In-Circuit Debug Interface for Stellaris ARM Cortex(TM)-M3-Based Microcontrollers AUSTIN ...
EDN

BBC micro:bit product review

While almost all of the electronic distributors, hobbyist sites, and online electronic shops have the BBC micro:bit available for pre-order (officially available starting next July), thanks to ...
Mashable

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; ...
Hackaday

micro bit

The BBC Micro:bit, while not quite as popular in our community as other microcontroller development boards, has a few quirks that can make it a much more interesting piece of hardware to build a ...
EDN

More for Less: Stable Future for 8-bit Microcontrollers

The venerable 8-bit microcontroller just keeps chugging along. Despite the performance advantages of its 16- and 32-bit siblings, 8-bit micros still accounted for a substantial percentage of the ...
BBC

Get coding on a rainy day with the BBC micro:bit

Not encountered a micro:bit before? It’s pleased to meet you, too! A micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer. Simple to use, it helps you bring coding and software to life. It’s packed full of features ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Siri Ventures Debut Partnership to Provide Girls across Thailand Opportunity to Participate in micro:bit Coding Competition with #MakeWhatsNext DigiGirlz

Bangkok, April 3, 2019 — Microsoft (Thailand) partnered with Siri Ventures Company Limited to organize #MakeWhatsNext – DigiGirlz 2019 Thailand as part of #MakeWhatsNext, a global Microsoft initiative ...