Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.

Block programming, the dragging and dropping of segments of code by following directions, is rudimentary when compared to the more complex Arduino coding language.

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Arduino fans will love the Makeblock Arduino starter robot kit that we have in the Geeky Gadgets Deals store.

Ben Purdy apparently kept his imagination nimble and, with the help of a projector, a piezo element and an Arduino (of course), turned a plain ol' box into a real life Minecraft block.