The Circuit Python board will draw its power from the Android device, so keep that in mind before you program some crazy light show.

Using CircuitPython Editor and one or two USB cables, you can program Circuit Python boards with most Android device, including Tinkerboards.

At the writing of this article nearly 30 different boards currently support CircuitPython, with 28 boards now available in two more but will be shipping very soon.

The Micro Python board is a small electronic circuit board that runs the Micro Python language.