KEYESTUDIOMicro:bit V2 Go Kit Original Microbit V2 Starter Kit, with Micro:bit V2, Battery Holder, Micro USB Cable

The Micro:bit is the brainchild of the BBC in the UK to teach kids computing, designed and introduced in 2016, kind of like a spirit successor of the BBC micro, a very famous 80s microcomputer that was also developed at the BBC's behest. The Micro:bit is a single board computer and development board that includes a powerful 32-bit CPU plus sensors and an edge connector for interfacing with outside elements through clips or banana plugs. It also includes a 5 by 5 LED array that can show scrolling messages and simple animations. This item here is version V2 which was introduced in October of 2020. I bought the first version when it was still available in a local store and this one from Amazon just a few days ago. The new version has a more powerful CPU and more memory plus a few more bells and whistles but it is in most respects identical to the first version and pretty much backwards compatible.I can tell you that I have been having a lot of fun experimenting with the Micro:bit. You can program it using a visual block language through Microsoft's Makecode website, or you can program it using Micropython or Circuitpython. While it is fun to program the Micro:bit's front LED matrix, the real fun is in interfacing it with the outside world. Since the item was designed to be handled by children, you don't connect it to sensors or LEDs or such using jumper cables but instead you would use crocodile clips or banana plugs to connect whatever you want to control or read from to the board's ground, 3V power and any of the 3 I/O points.I have been cultivating a great fondness for the Micro:bit, I think it is a beautiful instrument to learn coding, microcomputing, electronics, control, etc. It is certainly not a substitute for an Arduino or an RP Pico but those have their own places ( and I certainly am fond of them as well) and besides, I have a lot of fun translating projects in Arduino or RP Pico books to the Micro:bit.

So fun and easy to use. Lots of sensors built in. Code something that is light activated or temperature or shaking or tilt or sound... Plus it has pins that let you add switches or LEDs or servos. I have no interest in learning a bunch of coding, but this is so easy. I can easily code it with blocks - even on my phone. And I can flash the new program wirelessly.Not perfect. It does crash sometimes. The display is too small to do much with. But they did so many things right!

Good product. It fills de expectatives

Buen producto. Servicio de entrega excelente.

GOOD

Excellent board! Newest version, completely functional. Very satisfied. All recommendations.

My son loves these! The add one too!