Micro:bit developer community

We build editor for microbit (beta - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pxt.microbit.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pxt.microbit.org</a>). Code is open source as well(<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;pxt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;pxt</a>). Give us some feedback.

Here is the BBC&#x27;s portal site for the micro:bit aimed specifically at kids<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microbit.co.uk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microbit.co.uk&#x2F;</a><p>Hopefully, all the videos on the site are accessible to international viewers, otherwise it would be a missed opportunity to spread the knowledge to everyone.

So this is not available in the US yet. And there is no link to a reseller directly from their site.

I bought one. Programming it online and being able drag&#x2F;drop a hex file onto the device makes it super simple and approachable.<p>Very cool product.

I see these are available to buy in the UK now (has singles from other retailers <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.farnell.com&#x2F;bbc-microbit-reseller" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.farnell.com&#x2F;bbc-microbit-reseller</a>). <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.farnell.com&#x2F;bbc-microbit?CMP=AFC-AN-UK-ALL-473347" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.farnell.com&#x2F;bbc-microbit?CMP=AFC-AN-UK-ALL-473347</a> Anyone how to buy a single one in the US? My 8yo was going to get an arduino robot for Christmas but this might simpler to use I think.

I&#x27;m assuming someone will try to drive close-enough NTSC&#x2F;PAL signals from the analog outputs, and create (a) demoscene demos and (b) Doom. Any links to such hijinks yet?

I have a hard time understanding the educational value of the micro bit. It seems way to underpowered to do anything interesting educational wise.

I would like to once more criticize the fact that BBC re-invented the wheel (and micro:bit) at a time where $5 Raspberry Pi 0 is widely available. It would have been much better to spend the effort of producing better learning software and ecosystem for Raspberry Pi instead. Someone boasted about the lengths it took to make Python run on micro:bit and it still isn&#x27;t full Python and no chance for anything graphically intensive, whereas you can code Minecraft on Raspberry Pi and actually plug it to your TV.