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 all but ...

Electronic enthusiasts or anyone looking to create smart clothing may be interested in a new development board which combines both Arduino and Micro:Bit into a small board equipped with the ATSAMD21 ...

Development distributor, Farnell, is now stocking Kitronik products that includes accessories for micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi that are suitable for educators, students, makers and hobbyists.

The BBC is getting into the hardware hacking craze with its second device aimed at school age children in the last 34 years. The British broadcaster recently unveiled the Micro:bit, a ...

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Arduino. But if I had two serious gripes about the original offering it was the 8-bit CPU and the lack of proper debugging support. Now there’s plenty ...

Makers, hobbyists and developers but are looking to add a little extra personality to their next electronic project that uses an Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Crumble, Codebug or Micro:Bit mini PC might be ...

Just to make sure that we’re all tap-dancing to the same drum beat, let’s remind ourselves that Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and ...

The BBC last week announced that it would give programming PCs to 1 million students through its Make It Digital initiative, an effort to spark greater interest in technology. The 11- and 12-year-old ...

Arduino Micro has some extra leds that it is tricky to programme. Like almost all Arduinos, has a built-in led – the green one on the left in the photo. And it has a pair of yellow leds – called TX ...