BBC Micro Bit: A new handheld to be given free of charge to 1 million UK students

From the popular Raspberry Pi grain size Micro Michigan Mote, we have seen an increase in the number of small computer systems. Now the BBC has revealed more details about their small pocket size Bit BBC Micro was released earlier this year in March.

Inspired by the BBC Micro, it will give the handheld for free to about 1 million students in the UK.

The device is built with 25 red LEDs that can light flashing messages and also create games, two programmable buttons, accelerometer, compass, Bluetooth and five rings of E / S kits and other sensors are connected.

"It is also connected to other devices, sensors, equipment and objects, and is a complement to Arduino, Galileo, Kano, littleBits and Raspberry Pi, which acts as a springboard for learning more complex, says the BBC.

The project is a collaboration between the speaker and partners including ARM, Barclays, element14, Freescale, Lancaster University, Microsoft, Nordic Semiconductor, Samsung and Wellcome Trust.

The BBC Micro Bit come to schools in late October and has been supported by a website dedicated response - microbit.co.uk.

Recently, it was reported on the University of Michigan Michigan Micro Mote (M ^ 3) computer, which is said to be smaller than a grain of rice. Is capable of taking pictures, reading and recording temperatures pressure readings. The researchers plan to implement in several applications ranging from medicine to industrial purposes.

On the other hand, we also saw the new Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B), the second version of the micro-computer chip, which went on sale for $ 35 (same price as the current model of B +). The Raspberry Pi 2 features a 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM is fully compatible with Raspberry Pi 1 and according to the foundation Raspberry This can run the gamut distributions ARM GNU / Linux, including Snappy Ubuntu Core and Microsoft Windows 10. Recently, Raspberry Pi-murderer called chip also appeared sporting a price of $ 9.