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Just in - Kitronik RGB ZIP lights for your BBC micro:bit! Each LED on these arrays can be individually controlled from your micro:bit in both colour (16,777,216 different colours) and brightness. And yes, they are rather bright on the highest setting ;). Kitronik ZIP Halo for the BBC micro:bit The Kitronik ZIP Halo fits directly to the micro:bit, and can be programmed using PXT or other languages such as Python. The circular arrangement lends itself to lots of games where you might need to point to a circular board, such as Wheel of Fortune, clocks, countdowns, or even as a directional...

Hardware accessories extend the capabilities of the humble BBC micro:bit, by building on a familiar portable coding platform for mobile devices and Windows/Mac/Linux computers.

Listed in order from easiest to advanced, here's the top 5 hardware add-ons, starting with the easiest..

The Kitronik :MOVE mini buggy kit is a fantastic and compact starter robot for your BBC micro:bit(s), priced at under $50! If you've recently bought a Micro:bit, this is definitely worth a look. The kit comprises the robot and the battery-powered Servo:Lite board, and comes with a well-written instruction booklet, that starts you programming straight out of the box, during the build process. The BBC micro:bit is available separately. Features include: highly manoeuvrable has an array of bright colour-changing LEDs that can be individually controlled with brightness and on/off pop a felt-tipped pen into the hole for continuous drawing custom blocks for easy PXT drag...