Spike Prime

The LEGO Spike Prime is a product from LEGO education. It's a microcontroller that is build for the LEGO eco-system. It has several compatible parts, making it plug and play.

The SpikePrime comes with the free Spike app, where one can code it in both python and block programming (basicly scratch). The IDE comes with a easy to use library that covers the different sensors, motors, etc. The Prime itself has 6 ports, and is compatible with LEGO technique, meaning that prototyping can be done extremely fast. The prime itself has a battery, a matrix of LED's, Gyroscope and accelerometer, bluetooth, and several buttons that can be used to start different functions.

Furthermore, like the arduino, the Spike Prime's IDE is unique to the LEGO platforms, and you can download the newest versions here

To learn more about the LEGO SpikePrime check out the following websites:

• LEGO House of cards
• LEGO Education's introduction
• Self balancing SpikePrime Motorcycle