The Microbit is a tiny programmable computer, designed especially for learning and teaching coding.

It has a processor inside it (like the brain of the computer) and has the following:

1. an accelerometer (for sensing movement).
2. a compass (for sensing direction).
3. a microphone.
4. a speaker.
5. Bluetooth and USB port for connectivity.
6. a display consisting of 25 LEDs lights.
7. two programmable buttons.
8. and can be powered by either USB or an external battery pack.

The list of things you can program the Microbit to do is nearly endless. You can program the buttons, LEDs and different sensors to create games and turn the Microbit into things like a pedometer, a compass or even a musical instrument.

In a similar way to Scratch, you can create programs using a special website but you then need to download the program to your computer and then send the program to the Microbit.

1. Create your program using makecode.com
2. Download the program to your computer
3. Send the program to your Microbit by USB cable

The makecode.microbit.org/ website is a website provided by Microsoft that lets you create code for different devices such as the Microbit. Open the website and start a new Microbit project.