<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">This is the tiny, but feature packed, chip we discussed at Saveur last week: <a href="https://microbit.org/guide/features/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://microbit.org/guide/features/</a>. Great learning tool.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">It is surprisingly capable .. it can "chat" to other microbits .. let them "swarm". It is programmable with "blocks", python, javascript.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">25 individually-programmable LEDs<br>2 programmable buttons<br>Physical connection pins<br>Light and temperature sensors<br>Motion sensors (accelerometer and compass)<br>Wireless Communication, via Radio and Bluetooth<br>USB interface</blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">You use a browser based simulator to write programs, loading them to the microbit via usb cable. A $20 starter package has the microbit, a usb cable, and a battery pack for using the microbit disconnected from your computer.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/</a></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">   -- Owen</div></div>