{"id":20700,"date":"2020-11-24T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20700"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:19:48","slug":"new-microbit-v2-is-now-available-to-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20700","title":{"rendered":"New micro:bit v2 is now available to purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20703\" style=\"width: 958px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20703\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=560%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=560%2C464&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=260%2C215&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/microbit-v2.png?resize=160%2C132&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Pimoroni<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20604\">previously announced the upcoming launch of the new micro:bit v2<\/a>. I&#8217;m pleased to say that the board is <strong>now available to purchase<\/strong>! The micro:bit v2 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An integrated speaker<\/li>\n<li>An integrated MEMS-type microphone<\/li>\n<li>A new capacitive touch button built into the main logo on the front<\/li>\n<li>A new sleep mode to enable low power consumption when not in use<\/li>\n<li>A new processor (nRF52833)<\/li>\n<li>The flash memory has been doubled to 512kb<\/li>\n<li>The RAM has been increased to 512kb (an 8x improvement!)<\/li>\n<li>The ability for add-on boards to draw up to 200mA current<\/li>\n<li>A new \u201cnotched\u201d edge connector to allow crocodile clips to connect more securely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can currently <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/new-micro-bit-v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy the board for around \u00a313.50 from Pimoroni<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okdo.com\/c\/microbit\/microbit-boards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from okdo<\/a>. Other resellers will no doubt be online in the next week or so.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20702\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?resize=560%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?w=653&amp;ssl=1 653w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?resize=560%2C473&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?resize=260%2C219&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/board-backNEW_1024x1024.jpg?resize=160%2C135&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I previously announced the upcoming launch of the new micro:bit v2. 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