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micro:bit

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 4:02 am
by Robots86
Anybody no much about the BBC Micro:Bit due for release soon. Trying to find info on its capabilities not sure if it would be of use in similar projects.....?

Re: micro:bit

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:39 am
by wermy
Robots86 wrote:Anybody no much about the BBC Micro:Bit due for release soon. Trying to find info on its capabilities not sure if it would be of use in similar projects.....?
If I remember right it uses an ARM Cortex M0 processor, making it about as powerful as a Teensy 3.2 (in other words, not useful for emulators and such, but pretty powerful for an Arduino-type board).

Edit: Yep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Bit