the BBC showed the final design of mini-Micro computer:bit, which will be equipped with 12-year-old British schoolchildren. It is planned to produce 1 million such devices the size of a credit card that will help students learn programming and building computers.

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the BBC showed the final design of mini-Micro computer:bit, which will be equipped with 12-year-old British schoolchildren. It is planned to produce 1 million such devices the size of a credit card that will help students learn programming and building computers.

Presents a modification of the Micro:bit includes 25 red LEDs, two programmable buttons, detector shaking, tilting and falling, as well as a magnetometer or a compass to track the direction. Additionally, a mini-computer equipped with a wireless interface Bluetooth LE, microUSB port and five slots for connecting additional sensors. Micro:bit is designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of programming in Python, C++ or visual environment TouchDevelop, be a starting point for exploring more complex devices.

For those who are not British schoolboy, but wish to work with Micro:bit, the BBC promised to make the specifications of the device open. Is created a nonprofit organization that will promote the mini-computer is not only in Britain but also in international markets.