This is the micro:bit 
It can be programmed using Scratch and comes with various sensors, an LED matrix + 3 GPIO pins.
It’s a great starting point for kids aged 7+ to learn microcontroller programming.
My son had been using an emulator for some time, but having a real microcontroller is much more exciting 
I'm working on a new parametric design to hold micro:bit boards... You can change the number of boards, space between them, and angle they insert... they also snap into place with a nice little "click" and don't fall out.
(I don't mention my day-job related stuff here much but...)
US-based teachers and librarians can receive $500+ of our micro:bit kits for free.
Join us this summer for a free PD course with Pathfinders Summer Institute. Choose "Circuitry and Robotics with LEGO and MicroBit" by Brown Dog Gadgets.
30 hours of virtual PD & we send you all the materials: A Bit Board Rover Kit and Remote. Spots are limited so apply now. :)
My complaint remains from the #Arduino though. Lessons have an over-emphasis on the coding part but only cursory explanation of circuits & electronics.
It amounts to mostly blindly following a wiring diagram.
Also haven't found much in the way of Official video lessons other than kits for teachers. 
Currently using the big lesson PDF from Freenove (the company behind the #Microbit + extras kit we bought).
One of my sons received a #MicroBit for his birthday. It's a microcontroller kit similar to #Arduino, but a bit more kid/student friendly. With input buttons & an LED matrix display & various sensors right on the board. Very cool. He can program it with a Scratch-style visual block language (or JS or Python).
I've had more than one micro:bit board button fail when the solder joint broke loose.
It also looks like only the bottom leg is connected electrically so if that one comes loose you've got no button.
(Well, you can press it *really* hard to force it to make contact.)
Easy to fix with a dab of solder for those who can solder but still a bit annoying.
@villares Fun thing to do with things like the #microbit too using things like the accelerometer and other inputs like light sensor and sound level.
I did something for #genuary using #Processing and sound levels a couple of years ago I think. There are a couple of prompts for 2025 that might be fun to control with hardware.
micro:bit CreateAI launches today 
Inspire students to play a positive role in shaping the future of AI. Use your movement data and micro:bit to train a machine learning model - and then use it in code.
Read more: https://microbit.org/news/2024-11-20/microbit-CreateAI-launch/
#WorldChildrensDay #microbit #createAI
Thanks to @anji I purchased a #microbit because my 5 yo daughter wanted to tinker with computers as Ada (in Ada and Zangemann by @kirschner). I started to play a bit with it before doing it with her to get a feeling of its usage. And I ran into 2 issues that might be GNU/Linux related: I get a systematic 504 error when importing (drag'n'drop) an hex file generated from Python, and WebUSB is failing to connect to the device with Chromium (and Firefox is not supporting this unfortunately). Has anyone tried this and been luckier than me? #askfedi
Got the Microbit and LED noodle fitted to it too and it's starting to come together nicely.
I've got IO for another two noodles, but holding off fitting them until more of the code is written.
It's not the brightest LED in daylight, which isn't ideal, but we might be able to tweak the battery voltage, etc. to improve that. Need to work on the battery pack attachment more too.
Today, after taking youngest t to airport this morning and after quite a stressful fortnight, I'm relaxing - watched the original Bourne film and now watching the US Open. In other news - I've sucessfully connected @SnapCloud to @microblocks running on ESP32s and a V2 #Microbit :-)
@ghalfacree I love your book 'Getting started with Micropython on Raspberry Pi Pico' and return to it again and again. Now I want to understand the BBC #Microbit in a similar way, in really straightforward text like in your Pico book. I've bought a #Kitronik breakout board 5664 to use with a Microbit and breadboard. I've got a pinout diagram. Where can I find out how to use all these pins on the Microbit written in really simple language? We want to do a burglar alarm project with a PIR sensor.
I'm guessing I sorta need an #introduction after a server move? Maybe?
anyway, I'm CleoQc, a software dev who does more operationals/supply chain than actual software development, but if I were to write code, #python would be my language of choice. Otherwise French or English, equally.
I tend to be a #RaspberryPi pusher in Montreal.
I teach kids the basics of electronics and coding. I also train teachers in bringing code into their classroom #raspberryPi #Microbit
CleoQc 
