User Manual

The Arduino IDE works with all Feather boards and with Crickit as an add-on library. The number of drivers for

peripherals and sensors is generally excellent and Arduino is suitable for creating new drivers depending on

complexity. The learning curve is very high to understand both the built-in functionality and the underlying C/C++

syntax. Error messages may not be intuitive. Compilation times can slow down development. Serial monitor

support is included.

Native CPython support for this combination is not supported. Adafruit suggests using CircuitPython which has

better CPython support than MicroPython.

Crickit with micro:bit Support

Programming this combination is good but is very limited for Python:

Microsoft MakeCode provides complete micro:bit support and complete Crickit support with the Crickit Extension

available in the current beta release. MakeCode is excellent for beginning students with a block interface.

Support for sensors and peripherals not on the Circuit Playground Express is generally not available.

CircuitPython is not currently supported for micro:bit. There is MicroPython for micro:bit. See this Adafruit Guide

for using CRICKIT with MicroPython and the micro:bit (https://adafru.it/EP2).

The Arduino IDE works with Circuit Playground Express and with Crickit as an add-on library. The number of

drivers for peripherals and sensors is generally excellent and Arduino is suitable for creating new drivers

depending on complexity. The learning curve is very high to understand both the built-in functionality and the

underlying C/C++ syntax. Error messages may not be intuitive. Compilation times can slow down development.

Serial monitor support is included.

Native CPython support for this combination is not supported. Adafruit suggests using MicroPython if Python

programmability is needed, but there is no Crickit or driver support from Adafruit.

Crickit HAT for Raspberry Pi

Programming this combination offers flexibility for CPython only.

Microsoft MakeCode support is not available.

CircuitPython is supported for Raspberry Pi and Crickit HAT. CircuitPython requiresa bit of study, but it is

definitely worth it for the rich programmability, through high level and lower level libraries. CircuitPython support

for various sensors and add-ons is excellent and under continual development. Development with the Mu editor

offers error checking, serial output and plotting capabilities. Very fast to upload and make changes due to being

an interpreted language.

The Arduino IDE does not work with the Raspberry Pi and Crickit HAT.

Native CPython does not provide the library for Crickit. You should consider CircuitPython which is a subset of

CPython with support for the Crickit HAT capabilities.

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-crickit-creative-robotic-interactive-

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