The Python editor is available from the Micro:bit Educational Foundation website, alongside free teaching resources. Steve Bush Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly ...

For this example you will also need to copy this Python code to a MicroPython editor and use the editor to flash the Python code onto the micro:bit. I also made a theremin-like musical toy!

Instead, it’s a microcontroller development platform based on an ARM chip. Now, the micro:bit is getting Python, the BASIC of today, and will assuredly be even more useful in UK classrooms.