To help you create new projects that use these, code blocks (ready-made components) such as; tone, pause, volume, tempo, and sound level have been added to the MakeCode editor.

This is because Micro Python has its own sleep function inside of the micro:bit library that uses milliseconds for duration, with 500 equalling half a second. pin0.write_digital(1) sleep(500) ...

The initial development for Python on the micro:bit started down the road of using Microsoft’s TouchDevelop as a browser-based IDE that would send C++ code to an mBed cloud compilation service.

Micro:bit Educational Foundation has annonced a Python editor for the BBC micro:bit educational single-board computer, “purpose-built to address the hurdles learners usually face in working with the ...

As the Micro Bit mini-computer is handed out to school children across the UK, some of the people who got to test the device describe their experiments.

The Micro:Bit project is inspired by -– and takes its name from -– the beloved BBC Micro computer launched in the 1980s. Built by Acorn Computers, the Micro was a great success, selling over 1 ...

To help you create new projects that use these, code blocks (ready-made components) such as; tone, pause, volume, tempo, and sound level have been added to the MakeCode editor.

Playing with the new micro:bit - three MakeCode projects for you to try out. We took part in a coding workshop as the pocket sized computer got an update - see what we made and try them for yourself!