At a previous team a colleague was a big proponent of BBC MicroBit [1], I have seen it sell around 15-20$ You are expected to code in your browser, then downlo

At a previous team a colleague was a big proponent of BBC MicroBit [1], I have seen it sell around 15-20$ You are expected to code in your browser, then download a binary and copy it over to the little device that is recognized as a usb-drive. You have scratch-like javascript ide [1] and a python ide [3] I remember a presentation about the ways they used in a class of 8yo kids. They were making simple games, managed to network them to create simple pagers. It is the most hardware thing you can get with the lowesr barier to entry, i.m.o :) [1] https://microbit.org/resellers/ https://microbit.org/resellers/ [2] https://makecode.microbit.org/# https://makecode.microbit.org/# [3] https://python.microbit.org/v/1.1 https://python.microbit.org/v/1.1