Kitronik ARCADE for MakeCode Arcade

Introducing the Kitronik ARCADE for MakeCode Arcade – your gateway to an enhanced coding and gaming experience. This product is engineered for practicality, providing a seamless interface for MakeCode Arcade enthusiasts. The Kitronik ARCADE effortlessly integrates with MakeCode Arcade, offering a straightforward platform for coding and gaming projects. With its user-friendly design, this kit is suitable for both beginners and experienced coders. Elevate your coding adventures with the Kitronik ARCADE for MakeCode Arcade – where simplicity meets enhanced coding possibilities.

Key Features:

• Enhanced coding and gaming experience
• Seamless integration with MakeCode Arcade
• User-friendly design for beginners and experienced coders
• Elevates coding adventures with enhanced possibilities

Onboard Features:

The Kitronik ARCADE has been specifically designed to offer the perfect platform for running these games. It's packed full of features and has been ergonomically designed for comfort and ease of use. It features a full-colour LCD wide viewing angle screen, a piezo sounder for audio feedback, a vibration motor for haptic feedback, 6 gamer input buttons, a menu button, a reset button and an on/off switch. Everything you need for the perfect gaming experience. It also features a software volume control, a USB programming port, and 2 expansion ports for expert-level users.

For Education:

The emphasis for MakeCode Arcade is Learning/Education and there are a wealth of resources available on the MakeCode Arcade website to facilitate this. There are; guided tutorials that walk you through creating simple games, more complex games that you can open and learn from, games written by community members that you can learn from, game concepts tutorials, tutorials that explore graphics and Maths, lesson plans, CS courses, printable coding cards for the classroom, video tutorials, and much more!

For Fun:

Sometimes it's all about the playing! ARCADE offers a fully-featured platform for an immersive handheld gaming experience. If coding isn't your thing and you just want to play, there are a wealth of games available on the MakeCode Arcade website that you are free to download and enjoy, no learning/debuging required. Access to these games is free and more are being added by users continuously. Just browse for something you like, download it, and then sit back and enjoy the experience.

Power:

The ARCADE can be powered by either 3xAA batteries or via the micro USB connector, with the battery holders located on the rear of the PCB. The three battery holders have been ergonomically positioned to also act as hand grips for maximum comfort and control when gaming. The onboard powering via batteries allows you to play your games anywhere you like; on the train, on the couch, or anywhere else!

For Advanced Users:

And for the advanced user, we have 2 expansion ports and a debugging port. The expansion ports give you direct access to the microprocessor pins and the debug port allows you to customise the bootloader code. For more information, please see the last page of the Datasheet and our GitHub repository. Permanent damage can happen here, so please avoid, unless you, are confident you know what you're doing.

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