Adafruit Circuit Playground
Adafruit Circuit Playground Classic is an all-in-one board with built-in sensors and LEDs for practicing programming on real hardware. The Circuit Playground Classic is round and has alligator clip-pads so no soldering or sewing is required. The Circuit Playground Classic features an ATmega32u4 processor like the Flora. The board is powered by USB, a "AAA" battery pack, or a Li-poly battery.
Circuit Playground Classic has built-in USB support for plug and program support with a Micro-B USB cable. The board features the new 1.6.4+ Arduino IDE, and adding support takes only a few seconds. The Circuit Playground can act like a mouse or keyboard and attach directly to computers with USB HID support.
Features
- ATmega32u4 Processor, running at 3.3V and 8MHz
- MicroUSB port for programming and debugging with Arduino IDE
- USB port can act like serial port, keyboard, mouse, joystick, or MIDI
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Kit Contents
- 10 x Mini NeoPixel LEDs, each one can display any rainbow color
- 1 x Motion Sensor (LIS3DH 3-Axis XYZ Accelerometer), with Tap and Free-Fall Detection)
- 1 x Temperature Sensor (MMBT2222)
- 1 x Light Sensor (ALSPT1931), can also act as a Color or Pulse Sensor)
- 1 x Sound sensor (MEMS Microphone)
- Infrared Transmitter and Receiver (DSOP38338), can transmit and receive remote control codes, send messages between Circuit Playground Expresses, or act as a Proximity Sensor.
- 1 x Mini speaker with class D amplifier (7.5mm magnetic speaker/buzzer)
- 2 x Push buttons, left and right
- 1 x Slide switch
- 8 x Alligator-clip friendly input/output pins (Includes I2C, UART, 8 pins that can do analog inputs/multiple PWM output
- 7 pads can act as Capacitive Touch inputs, the remaining pad is a true analog output
- Green "ON" LED
- Red "#13" LED for basic blinking
- Reset button
On-The-Board
Microchip Technology ATmega32U4 8-bit MCU with USB Controller
A low-power, AVR RISC-based device featuring 32KB self-programming flash program memory.
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