Original, fun projects with step-by-step instructions.
The micro:bit is inexpensive ($14.95 MSRP) and readily available online.
The Micro:bit Foundation aims to put the device in the hands of 2 million children across the U.S. and Canada by 2020. (Note: In 2016, nearly 1 million micro:bits were distributed to every child in the UK year 7 (ages 11-12).)
Romilly Cocking wrote his first program in 1958, and has been in love with computers ever since. He’s taught IT since the 1960s, and has published over 20 open source hardware and software projects. He started RAREblog (blog.rareschool.com) in 2010, where he writes about his various electronics and robotics projects. Romilly conducts workshops for micro:bit and Raspberry Pi, and currently lives in the UK.
Author Residence: London, UK
Author Hometown: London, UK