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Meet Micro:bit, a Raspberry Pi Zero Alternative to Help UK Kids Learn to Code

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Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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Today we would like to introduce our readers to an upcoming single-board computer (SBC), which promises to be as tiny as the famous Raspberry Pi Zero board.

The BBC micro:bit single-board computer is as tiny as 4cm by 5cm, it features multiple sensors, support for multiple operating systems, including GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, support for mobile platforms like iOS and Android, open source hardware, and programming capabilities via USB.

While on the top side we can find three digital/analog input and output rings, a power port ring, a ground ring, two programmable buttons, and 25 individually programmable LEDs, on the bottom side there's a 32-bit ARM Cortex M0+ CPU, the Bluetooth smart antenna, a MicroUSB port, a 20-pin edge connector, compass and accelerometer sensors, as well as the battery connector.

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