# BBC micro:bit

6 Hacker News commenters recommended BBC micro:bit and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for introducing students to hardware, with a built-in display, sensors, simple code and immediate feedback. One critic says classes end up following predefined recipes.

## Why people recommend it

- Teaching hardware to school students (2 comments): "If your target audience is school kids, you really can't go past the micro:bit and Makecode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46271662)) "It's a game changer for introducing hardware to students. Just works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838975))
- Easy to get started (2 comments): "A micro:bit mostly emphasizes on the end result, with a built-in display and sensors and many plug-and-play modules to get you going." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017936)) "Gets you really comfortable with fairly simple code and immediate feedback about whether you gets things right" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49975268))

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=BBC+micro%3Abit+v2+board&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://microbit.org/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BBC micro:bit", https://hackerapproved.com/p/micro-bit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).