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The transition from the BBC to the micro:bit Education Foundation moved the official home of the micro:bit from microbit.co.uk to microbit.org. The BBC licensed the hardware technology as open source and allows it to be manufactured around the world for use in education. The foundation oversees this. [31] [32] On 2 January 2018, it was ...
Beebdroid is a free software [1] [2] emulator for the BBC Micro, based on B-Em for Linux by Tom Walker. [3] It runs under Android and was developed by Reuben Scratton and Kenton Price and released [ 4 ] by Little Fluffy Toys in 2011.
Interior of the 6502 Second Processor. The 6502 Second Processor (using a 6502C) was clocked at 3 MHz, a full 50% faster than the 6502 inside a BBC Model B, and also had 64 KB of RAM, of which typically 30–44 KB was free for application data (compared to as little as 8.5 KB on an unexpanded Model B in graphics mode, or only 5.75 KB with the disc interface).
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across several educational BBC television programmes, such as The Computer Programme (1982), Making the Most of the ...
In 2016, a version of MicroPython for the BBC Micro Bit was created as part of the Python Software Foundation's contribution to the Micro Bit partnership with the BBC. [12] In July 2017, MicroPython was forked to create CircuitPython, a version of MicroPython with emphasis on education and ease of use.
Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
The BBC Own It App work began in 2017 in response to a call for action from the Taskforce. [3] In December 2017, the BBC launched Own It. [4] [5] In November 2018, work on the BBC Own It App was announced by Prince William. [6] [7] In September 2019, the BBC Own It App was launched into the AppStore and Google Play. [8] [9] In 2022, the app was ...
Sophie Mary Wilson (born Roger Wilson; June 1957) is an English computer scientist, a co-designer of the instruction set for the ARM architecture. [5] [6] [7]Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge.