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 … ...

That’s right, this isn’t just mouse guts in an ergonomic package. Inside is Arduino Pro Micro and a PMW 3389 optical sensor on a breakout board.

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 ...

The Micro measures 48 mm in length and 18 mm in width and weighs about 13 g. The Nano, on the other hand, comes in the smallest form factor Arduino offers, with the same 18 mm width but a shorter ...

"The long-awaited Arduino Due just hit the market, replacing the 8-bit, 16MHz brain of the popular Uno microcontroller prototyping platform with a 32-bit, 84MHz processor, while augmenting inputs ...

The computer-education market is crowded with hardware -- the Pi, Arduino, kits such as Kano -- but Koby believes the micro:bit is unique. "There's nothing designed for this age group," Koby says.

"The BBC micro:bit is all about young people learning to express themselves digitally, and it’s their device to own. "It’s our most ambitious education initiative for 30 years.

Remember that the micro:bit is designed as an educational aid rather than a rival to the Arduino or the family of Raspberry Pi boards, so although in its own right it's a powerful development tool ...

The one in the picture is Ring:bit Car, which combines a micro:bit, one of the firm’s own Ring:bit interface boards, a pair of servo motors and mechanical parts. Ring:bit has a battery on the back and ...

Unlike Raspberry Pi, Arduino boards are micro-controllers, not full computers. They don’t run an entire operating system but simply execute written code interpreted by their firmware.