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add error hex to hex tool page
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layout: page
order:
title: Developer news
heading: Join the micro:bit developer conversation
description: Sign up to and view the developer news
permalink: /community/news/
ref: news
lang: en
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## The DAL, Editors and Devices newsletter

In addition to our regular [Micro:bit Educational Foundation newsletter](https://mailchi.mp/microbit/newsletter), our [DAL, Editors and Devices](https://microbit.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e1c30f24b90ff3d70275cfff2&id=25403c7650) newsletter is a low volume digest on the technical aspects of micro:bit. The details you provide are processed in accordance with The Foundation's [privacy policy](https://microbit.org/privacy/).

<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://microbit.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e1c30f24b90ff3d70275cfff2&id=25403c7650" class="btn sm-btn" role="button" style="margin-bottom: 2rem;">Subscribe to DAL, Editors and Devices</a>
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## News archive

{% include newsletter-archive.html %}
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The Micro:bit Educational Foundation aims to be a 'responsible downstream' to the many open source [software](https://tech.microbit.org/software/) projects that are used to build the micro:bit: much like a good Linux distribution collates, tests, stabilises and releases combinations of many diverse open source packages, the micro:bit Educational Foundation and the micro:bit community present micro:bit users with a stable, tested release of all the things you need to make the magical 'end-to-end' micro:bit experience.

## Latest news

For the latest news and community updates, join our mailing list and Slack group.

{% include community.html %}

## Help us build it

If you'd like to help us make the micro:bit better, then there are a number of ways that you can get involved.
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To support all revisions of the micro:bit, you will need to ensure you use the latest release of the MicroPython binary with your editor. The simplest way to do this is to flash a program created in the latest Python Editor which will contain the latest MicroPython build.

[https://python.microbit.org/v/beta/](https://python.microbit.org/v/beta/)
[https://python.microbit.org/](https://python.microbit.org/)

## If you’re using the micro:bit profile over BLE

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### Python

You can use the latest board revision and APIs in the Python beta editor:
You can use the latest board revision and APIs in the Python editor:

[https://python.microbit.org/v/beta](https://python.microbit.org/v/beta/)
[https://python.microbit.org/](https://python.microbit.org/)

If you want to use a specific or custom build of MicroPython you can do this in [Mu](https://codewith.mu/).

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DAPLink will process the Universal Hex and only write data to the relevant board revision; V1 or V2. More information is available on our [Hex format](../hex-format), the [Javascript/Typescript libary](https://github.com/microbit-foundation/microbit-universal-hex) on which the Universal Hex Creator tool is based and the associated [Universal Hex specification](https://github.com/microbit-foundation/spec-universal-hex).

To support [cross-device compatibility](../hex-format/#cross-device-compatibility), we have created a [standalone error hex](/docs/software/assets/stand-alone-error-v1.hex) that can be combined with a V2 only hex in this tool to produce a Hex that will work on a V2 board, but error if used on a V1.

[Download standalone error hex](/docs/software/assets/stand-alone-error-v1.hex){: .btn.sm-btn download}

{% include uhex-tool.html %}