Where to buy the BBC micro:bit and BBC micro:bit accessories
The partners below will be happy to help you get your own micro:bit, kits and other accessories. If there are no local resellers yet, please contact our resellers in the UK who are happy to help.
If you are interested in becoming a BBC micro:bit reseller or would like to make accessories for, it please fill out our form: become a reseller.
UK
4tronix is a small maker company in the UK that designs, manufactures and supports a variety of hardware products for a number of different platforms including micro:bit. Specialty: Robots!
We focus on enhancing the Micro:bitexperience for classes, providing expansion kits andlearning resources to encourage the wider usage of theMicro:bit in schools around the world.
Kitronik is the Foundation's partner for our sponsorship program and a micro:bit reseller and wholesale partner. They have a range of additional peripeharals and have donated 5,500 e-textile sewing kits, with conductive thread, to Design and Technology teachers, helping to highlight how the BBC micro:bit can be used to control other items, including additional LED lights.
Retail of micro:bit boards, accessory components, advice and inspirational content. Re-selling Maker products, components and more in 220+ retail stores.
Proto-pic is an electronics store who make and sell a range of micro:bit accessories and add-ons. Based in Scotland they ship to the UK and western Europe.
Rapid is an electronic components supplier specialising the the education sector. The product range includes many useful accessories for micro:bit such as our switched battery holder, conductive threads and paints and thousands of electronic components.
ScienceScope is a UK science and technology company that manufacturers and resells micro:bit peripherals as well as micro:bits. They are also experienced international project designers.
Tablet Academy is an education reseller of BBC micro:bit and with links to Lamar University in the United States, Tablet Academy are now starting to share their expertise to schools in the US.
The Pi Hut is a small company based in the UK carrying both the micro:bit and accessories. The Pi Hut does ship internationally.
Sells robots, fully assembled, for use with the micro:bit. Comes with a CD with Python programs and video files for teachers to use.
Binary Bots build amazing 'smart toy' robot kits that can be built and personalised before learning to code. All our kits come with a BBC micro:bit.
USA
Adafruit is a leading reseller of boards for makers and education and manufacturer of accessories for the BBC micro:bit
SparkFun believes electronics is more than a hobby or a career path; it’s a creative medium for advancing teaching and learning. We support teachers using the micro:bit to advance STEM education by providing an ecosystem of breakout kits and professional development designed to inspire students to take ownership over their own learning and innovative ambitions
MCM Electronics is a broad line distributor of electronic components, equipment and accessories for the consumer electronics industry.
Newark element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair
Fry's was founded as a Silicon Valley retail electronics store to provide a one-stop-shopping environment for the hi-tech professional
Micro Center operates twenty-five large computer and consumer electronics stores in major markets nationwide and online at microcenter.com
Newegg Inc. is a leading online retailer committed to becoming the most loved and trusted marketplace on the web
Australia
Tronixlabs is Australia's fastest-growing hobby electronics store that also supplies the BBC micro:bit and accessories to personal and education customers. We offer initial and technical support, guidance and lesson plan ideas for educators to help them maximise the learning (and fun!) made possible with the micro:bit.
Core Electronics is a leading online retailer in Australia for educational and maker electronics, now including micro:bit! We are powered by full time makers and run weekly workshops to help share methods of making with the community. We are thrilled to see micro:bit make its way outside the UK and we’re looking forward to the opportunity to introduce this wonderful learning system with educators around Australia.
Pakronics is a STEAM specialist for schools, helping teachers and educators in Australia to unleash creativity and innovation in the classroom. Pakronics also offers product information, the workshop for teacher and technical support to fast track educator's skills in the digital technology. We are excited to introduce Micro:Bit into Australian educational institutions.
Belgium
Velleman nv is a Belgian wholesaler and electronics developer for more than 40 years with over 18.000 different products, sold worldwide. Velleman is a dynamic company that is a pioneer in designing and providing new quality products for either leisure or technical use while targeting all skill levels, young and old around the world.
Canada
Seenov Inc are an integrated design, manufacturing and sales organization dedicated to helping educators teach the next generation about computer technology
ABRA has been in business since 1990 as Canada's leading educational distributor. Micro:bit fulfills our objective to provide the right electronics to makers, teachers, schools and any organization interested in education.
Fair Chance Learning sells micro:bits and supports educators using the micro:bit by providing learning solutions to deliver rich educational experiences for both educators and students, and ensure investments in computer science, STEM, and coding reach their intended outcomes. Their mission to inspire and empower educators to transform the way they teach, so every student has a fair chance to reach their full learning potential.
China
CLASSROOM is an educational publishing group in Hong Kong that specialised in providing educational solutions since 1983. We have been reselling micro:bits to schools, training teachers and also provide afterschool courses to students.
DFRobot is a world-leading robotics and open source hardware provider with a large community catering to future creators. With a mission to teach more people to make, DFRobot will create comprehensive micro:bit learning kits and accessories, bringing it to both teachers and students.
Seeed is a hardware innovation platform for makers to grow inspirations into differentiating products. By working closely with technology providers of all scale, Seeed provides accessible technologies with quality, speed and supply chain knowledge. Besides the micro:bit, we've prepared many related modules, such as Grove Inventor Kit, for you to bring endless possibilities for micro:bit.
Croatia
e-radionica.com is manufacturer of electronic boards for makers, BBC micro:bit distributor in Croatia and designer of various accessories for BBC micro:bit - all made in Croatia, Europe
Czech Republic
Rasel, spol. s r. o. is a family company providing with the sale of robotics, electronic components and connectors in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for 25 years with a e-shop or stone shop in Prague. We cooperate with several education groups and robotic groups plus with universities in Prague
Denmark
It og Leg is selling micro:bits and a good variety of accessories. We have also published a free ebook in Danish with 10 activities that use different aspects of the micro:bit and which have valuable educational outcomes.
Estonia
Oomipood is the largest electronic component retail chain in Estonia. We also offer an assortment of robotics and development boards.
Finland
Ilona IT is the leading provider of Educational technology in Finland. We resell BBC micro:bit products and solutions and train teachers how to use them in a classroom
Germany
Maker culture is very agile and constantly changing, maybe there will never be the best shop for Maker. So there is some self-irony in our slogan, but also we have the motivation to come close to this goal in field of DIY Electronics.
TAROX is one of the leading IT providers of holistic solutions and comprehensive product families for medium-sized businesses in the German-speaking countries.
Hong Kong
CLASSROOM is an educational publishing group in Hong Kong that specialised in providing educational solutions since 1983. We have been reselling micro:bits to schools, training teachers and also provide afterschool courses to students.
ETC Educational Technology Connection (HK) Ltd has been recognized by Hong Kong teachers as the first company importing the BBC micro:bit and a wide range of accessories to Hong Kong since August 2016. Our BBC miro:bit and accessories have already been sold to over 100 primary and secondary schools through our website.
BroadLearning Group is a well-established eLearning company based in Hong Kong and with eLearning business in Asia Pacific regions. Advocating for technology integration in education is our major business scope. At the present time, over 80% of the Primary and Secondary schools in the territory are using our LMS, eClass. In light of the growing popularity of BBC micro:bit in Hong Kong, we continue to organise a number of micro:bit teacher training workshops for our large client base and offer a one-stop solution for teachers to purchase BBC micro:bit and gadgets for their students
Hungary
We primarily focus on the retail distribution of open source products for educational purposes. Further we have been representing Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, Adafruit and Arduino products for ages in the Hungarian market. Besides the sales task we hold close intercourse with the institutes who use these products for educational purpose.
Ireland
Retail of micro:bit boards, accessory components, advice and inspirational content. Re-selling Maker products, components and more in 220+ retail stores.
Latvia
Lithuania
Magveda UAB has been successfully supplying schools and teachers with educational products. Also we provide the content for education via our non-profit project Open Lab - olab.lt.
Luxembourg
From individual DIY project to professional masterpieces, you will find everything you'll need in our store! Discover the world of electronics and start your own fancy project. We sell electronic goods from many product categories in our store. Including LEGO Education, embedded development, electronic, network, and computer components.
Malaysia
ICOSA Tech is a PBC (Public Benefit Corporation) promoting S.T.E.A.M education. They are working with schools and community centres providing classes and workshops. They focuses are on PBL (project based learning).
Netherlands
Kiwi Electronics was founded on October 2012 and is one of the first Dutch webshops specializing in the Raspberry Pi. Since then we've been expanding our portfolio with prototyping parts and components and have become official reseller for many embedded computing platforms.
Slim.nl is the webshop for students and staff in Secondary and Vocational Education. Because their school has an license agreement with SLBdiensten, students and staff may benefit with special conditions for their software as well as hardware (laptops, notebooks), e-learning, telephone subscriptions, magazines, books and computer accessories. Students and Staff can buy the Micro:bit on our webshop.
Singapore
Tinkercademy is a technology and education company in Singapore, comprising coders who teach, and teachers who code. We’re one of the first to bring micro:bit workshops to Singaporean teachers and students, together with coding and making classes for young and old. We also developed a custom Breakout Board, in collaboration with ScienceScope from the UK, to enable students to create micro:bit prototypes in a simple, fuss-free manner, with a host of easy-to-use, pluggable components.
SGBotic is one of the leading supplier of robotics hardware including BBC micro:bit and accessories in Singapore for educational institutions, research agencies, and makers.
12Geeks is an online platform based in Singapore where software and hardware developers can get access to tools and knowledge. The BBC micro:bit is featured as one of the development boards to prototype and learning on https://12geeks.com.
Sweden
Electrokit was founded in 2004 to serve companies developing electronics, producing in small quaintities, educational institutions and individuals who practice electronics on a hobby basis. We offer electronic components, DIY kits, meassuring instruments and accessories.
Exertis CapTech is one of the largest and fastest growing distributors of technology and configuration services in Sweden.
We want to raise the interest and understanding of science, programming, engineering and mathematics. By using our products and working materials can be an easy way to show and explain how things work in our environment.
m.nu started as a hobby project in 2007, and since then has been driven by a strong focus on customer satisfaction and exciting electronics products.
Switzerland
We provide teachers with easy-to-use and innovative products such as Micro:Bit to apply in the classroom, or out in nature exploring. Encompassing the words education and technology, our company brings cutting-edge scientific instruments and teaching material into schools, while providing teachers with the necessary knowledge to employ them
Taiwan
CLASSROOM is an educational publishing group in Hong Kong that specialised in providing educational solutions since 1983. We have been reselling micro:bits to schools, training teachers and also provide afterschool courses to students.
Thailand
ThaiEasyElec.com (Venus Supply Co., Ltd.) is online electronics shop in Thailand. We provide variety of electronics and embedded products to hobbyist, student, teacher, researcher, and maker. We support technology related school, college, institute, and university to make their labs and provide training with material. micro:bit and other learning and prototyping platforms available on our website
Wholesale
Farnell element 14 are managing the manufacturing of the BBC micro:bit, along with global distribution and wholesale.
Kitronik is the Foundation's partner for our sponsorship program and a micro:bit reseller and wholesale partner. They have a range of additional peripeharals and have donated 5,500 e-textile sewing kits, with conductive thread, to Design and Technology teachers, helping to highlight how the BBC micro:bit can be used to control other items, including additional LED lights.






































































