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.

Micro Python has been developed by Damien George over the last 6 months and might be worth more investigation if you enjoy programming in Python or would like to learn a new programming language.