The PyBadge is a compact board, like we said, it's credit card sized. It's powered

by our favorite chip, the ATSAMD51, with 512KB of flash and 192KB of RAM. We

add 2 MB of QSPI flash for file storage, handy for images, fonts, sounds, or

game assets.

On the front you get a 1.8" 160x128 color TFT display with dimmable backlight

- we have fast DMA support for drawing so updates are incredibly fast. There's

also 8 silicone-top buttons, they are clicky but have a soft button top so they're

nice and grippy. The buttons are arranged to mimic a gaming handheld, with a

d-pad, 2 menu-select buttons and 2 fire-action buttons. There's also 5 NeoPixel

LEDs to dazzle or track activity.

On the back we have a full Feather-compatible header socket set, so you can

plug in any FeatherWing to expand the capabilities of the PyBadge. There's also

3 STEMMA connectors - two 3-pin with ADC/PWM capability and one 4-pin that

connects to I2C - you can use this for Grove sensors as well.

For built in sensors, there's a light sensor that points out the front, and a 3-axis

accelerometer that can detect taps and free-fall. To make bleeps and bloops,

there's a built in buzzer-speaker. For projects where you need more volume,

you can plug in one of our 8 ohm speakers.

You can power the PyBadge from any of our LiPoly batteries, but we like this

400mAh one. An on-off switch will save battery power when not in use. Or

power from the Micro USB port - it will also charge up the battery if one is

attached.

Now, how to program it? Well you've got a lot of options!



MakeCode Arcade is the easiest to start for making games, you can drag-

and-drop blocks and load games over the disk-drive bootloader

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CircuitPython lets you draw graphics, play wave files and print out text in

any fonts - all in Python! There's tons of sensor support as well.

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Arduino is low level, powerful, but a little more challenging. You can use

Adafruit Arcadato interface with the hardware and it will abstract some of

the nitty-gritty details like reading buttons for you.