Adafruit Circuit Playground

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Introduction

Circuit Playground Express is a board of the Adafruit FLORA line of of e-textile products.

• This board is beginner friendly since it can be programmed in several ways, including with MakeCode.

The board is rather large and heavy compared to Adafruit's FLORA and GEMMA. However, this is compensated by it's feature rich design and ease of use.

• 50.6mm / ~2.0"
• Weight: 8.9g

The board can be bought in three packaging variants:

• Circuit Playground Express $25, includes just the board
• Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit, $30, includes a battery and USB cable.
• Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack, $100, includes 2 Playground express, threads, needles, alligator clips, a servo motor, NeoPixels, etc.

For a class, it's probably best to buy Based Kits, and either a few Advanced Packs or other FLORA extension elements.

Extras

• Enclosure

See also:

• Adafruit FLORA

The board

AdaFruit Circuit Playground Express'. Source: Flickr of AdaFruit

This board includes:

• 10 x mini NeoPixels, each one can display any color
• 1 Motion sensor (LIS3DH triple-axis accelerometer with tap detection, free-fall detection)
• 1 Temperature sensor
• 1 Light sensor. Can also act as a color sensor and pulse sensor.
• 1 Sound sensor (MEMS microphone)
• 1 Mini speaker with class D amplifier (7.5mm magnetic speaker/buzzer)
• 2 x Push buttons, labeled A and B
• 1 x Slide switch
• Infrared receiver and transmitter - can receive and transmit any remote control codes, as well as send messages between Circuit Playground Expresses. Can also act as a proximity sensor.
• .... and more