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2025 Holidays Wishlist with the BBC micro:bit!

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Whether you're in STEM teaching or learning, or getting into electronics afresh. Enjoy this wish list of items to help you along your micro:bit journey!


BBC micro:bit

microbit

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BBC micro:bit Go Bundle

microbit go kit

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UniHiker

The UniHiker is essentially a powered-up micro:bit with a 2.8-inch full color touchscreen display with 320×240 resolution.

Unihiker

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Arduino

Micro:bit works with Arduino and the Arduino IDE!

Arduino Uno R4

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Prototyping System for micro:bit

Kitronik Prototyping System

Buy now

ZIP Tile Development Board for micro:bit

ZIP Tile Development Board

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LAMP:bit for micro:bit, White LED Street Light Development Board

LAMP:bit

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Grove Inventor Kit for micro:bit

Grove Inventor Kit

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Linear Actuator Kit

Linear Actuator Kit

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Inventors Kit, Python Version, English

microbit inventors kit

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EEDU Kits

Hackster and DFRobot collaborated to create three EEDU kits aimed at college-level students. These kits are compatible with Arduino and designed to introduce students to the worlds of AI, IoT, and environmental sensors.

EEDU Kit, AI

EEDU Kit, AI

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EEDU Kit, IoT

EEDU Kit, IoT

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EEDU Kit, Environmental Sensor

EEDU Kit, Environmental Sensor

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  • The first computer I was allowed to interact with was my dad's Oric 1:
    image

    It was connected on the TV SCART plug but required a 9V battery to be connected to that same plug to force the TV to select this input.
    Data storage was via the home HiFi system tape recorder, it took so much time to setup, but it was worth it in the eyes of a 7 years old!

    There was a quizz game with a chicken on top of a wall, and if you replied correctly to all the questions, the chicken advanced all the way to the seeds and ate them.

    But my own first computer was an Amstrad CPC 464 with the tape recorder included in the main unit/keyboard:

    image

    I received it with a trove of "Amstrad Magazine" issues which gave me a very good introduction to programming and led me all the way to what I'm doing for a living today.

    It took ridiculously long times to load games from the tape recorder, but this taught me patience and forced me to do something else in the meantime!

    I still have it and the CPU still works, but the display is dead, I'm yet to find a way to plug it into a more recent TV set.

    Very fond memories of this one, even if its Z80 is completely outdated with today's standard, I'm quite happy to have seen it used in my GameBoy, my TI-80 calculator and so many more devices.

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  • The first computer I was allowed to interact with was my dad's Oric 1:
    image

    It was connected on the TV SCART plug but required a 9V battery to be connected to that same plug to force the TV to select this input.
    Data storage was via the home HiFi system tape recorder, it took so much time to setup, but it was worth it in the eyes of a 7 years old!

    There was a quizz game with a chicken on top of a wall, and if you replied correctly to all the questions, the chicken advanced all the way to the seeds and ate them.

    But my own first computer was an Amstrad CPC 464 with the tape recorder included in the main unit/keyboard:

    image

    I received it with a trove of "Amstrad Magazine" issues which gave me a very good introduction to programming and led me all the way to what I'm doing for a living today.

    It took ridiculously long times to load games from the tape recorder, but this taught me patience and forced me to do something else in the meantime!

    I still have it and the CPU still works, but the display is dead, I'm yet to find a way to plug it into a more recent TV set.

    Very fond memories of this one, even if its Z80 is completely outdated with today's standard, I'm quite happy to have seen it used in my GameBoy, my TI-80 calculator and so many more devices.

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