Timed activities such as sports, gaming, and cooking are monitored and alerted with digital timers. A digital timer uses an electronic counter circuit to keep track of timed events or activities based ...

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at a ...

In this video Leah, Sol, Cedric and Lok have fun with the BBC micro:bit mini computer, playing a quiz game called Hot Potato, using the randomised timer function. Watch the video below with your class ...

Classrooms, ready! micro:bits, ready! The Gladiators micro:bit competition asked 7 – 11 year olds to invent a gadget to help the Gladiators be their best. The competition closed on the 6th December ...

A curated list of resources for the BBC micro:bit, a tiny programmable computer designed to make learning and teaching easy and fun! This embedded board has a Bluetooth capable microcontroller, USB ...

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How do I set up a BBC micro:bit on my Mac? The BBC micro:bit computer is a small, pocket-sized computer board with LEDs, buttons and motion-detecting sensors. It’s been handed out for free to ...

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 ...