Intro to Microbit

The Micro:bit is a microntroller, a small computer that has a lot of extra parts to make it more useful. The computer CPU in your laptop computer is designed to be very powerfull and do only a few things well. Everything else that a cimputer night have to do, such as display images on a monitor or read keystrokes form the keyboard, is handled by other chips. But a microcontroller has many of these peripherals built into it, which makes them easier to use.

Additionally, microntrollers are small and can run off a small battery, so they can be built into many other devices. Even your toaster might have a microcontroller in it.

In this lesson we are going to explore the basics of the Micro:bit micocontroller and learn how to make simple program.