{"id":20143,"date":"2020-05-11T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20143"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T09:49:05","slug":"review-of-the-kitronik-inventors-kit-for-the-microbit-by-tony-goodhew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20143","title":{"rendered":"Review of the Kitronik Inventor&#8217;s Kit for the micro:bit by Tony Goodhew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=560%2C727&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=788%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=768%2C997&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=560%2C727&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=260%2C338&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kitronik_kit_sm_portrait.jpg?resize=160%2C208&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tony Goodhew has done an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/roadTestReviews\/2707\/l\/kitronik-inventors-kit-for-bbc-microbit-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extensive, exhaustive and detailed review<\/a> of the Inventor&#8217;s Kit for micro:bit from Kitronik over on the Element 14 website.<\/p>\n<p>The kit contains everything you need to get going with the micro:bit including a base board to place things on and a pin expanded board to allow you to access all the GPIO pins of the micro:bit. It comes with a motor, a buzzer, LEDs, buttons, all kinds of good things.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/roadTestReviews\/2707\/l\/kitronik-inventors-kit-for-bbc-microbit-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read the review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/kitronik\/5603\/inventor-kit-micro-bit\/dp\/2563847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy the kit from Element 14<\/a> or, indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitronik.co.uk\/5618-bbc-microbit-with-inventors-kit-and-accessories.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from Kitronik themselves<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Goodhew has done an extensive, exhaustive and detailed review of the Inventor&#8217;s Kit for micro:bit from Kitronik over on the Element 14 website. 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