<Ul> <Li> Zephyr - the Zephyr lightweight OS comes with the required parameters file to be able to run it on this board . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Zephyr - the Zephyr lightweight OS comes with the required parameters file to be able to run it on this board . </Li> <P> The Micro Bit was designed to encourage children to get actively involved in writing software for computers and building new things, rather than being consumers of media . It has been designed to work alongside other systems, such as the Raspberry Pi, building on BBC's legacy with the BBC Micro for computing in education . The BBC planned to give away the computer free to every year 7 (11 - and 12 - year old) child in Britain starting from October 2015 (around 1 million devices). In advance of the roll - out an online simulator was made available to help educators prepare, and some teachers were to receive the device in September 2015 . Thereafter, the device was planned to be on general sale by the end of 2015 . However, problems delayed the launch until 22 March 2016 . </P> <P> The BBC had a difficult decision to choose which year group would be the first to receive the free Micro Bits, and the BBC's head of learning said that "The reason we plumped for year seven (rather than year five) is it had more impact with that age group...they were more interested in using it outside the classroom". </P>

What is the purpose of a micro bit