Kano Pixel Kit

Recommended Ages: 6+

Make and code dazzling lights. Build your own games, animations, art.

Start with a story

Open the box, pop out the pieces. Buttons, board, battery, and more. Follow the books, all by yourself. Build the Pixel Kit step by step, page by page, just like Lego. Learn as you make. Connect to your computer and download the Kano App.

Learn to code

Step-by-step challenges show you how. Connect blocks, light it up live, see the effects instantly side-by-side. Simple for beginners, expansive for experts.

• Simple blocks
  
• JavaScript Code
  
• Step by step challenges

Build your own games

Start simple. Level up slowly. Create characters, make them run and jump. Spaceships swerve. Balls bounce. Add logic and scoreboards. Remix games by friends.

Paint with light, make animations

Draw your own colorful pictures and pixel art. Make animations frame-by-frame. It's simple and instant! Play with 16 million colors. What will you make?

Bring sound to life

With the inbuilt microphone make lights dance to music, bounce to beats or speak when you speak.

What’s in the app?

Kano Code runs the Pixel Kit. It's based on thousands of hours of real-world testing with artists, educators, and inventors worldwide. It uses simple steps, storytelling, game mechanics, and practical projects to demystify programming

The tools to play with

Colors 

Set RGB values to code 16 million different colors

Logic

Use logic blocks to take your code from beginner to advanced

Animation

Make your lights move and come to life with simple animation

Weather

Cloudy with some rain? That's data your creations can use!

Microphone

Clap, shout, use sound as code through your computer mic

ISS

Track the International Space Station. The sky is the limit!

Make with friends

Kano App is a cool community full of amazing creations, made by people of all skill levels. Get inspiration, open their apps, tweak and hack the code to make your own.

What's in the kit

• 1. Pixel Brain
  

128 RGB LEDs, Wireless

• 2. 3 USB Ports
  

For Kano Sensors

• 3. Mode Dial
  

Built-in games and your apps

• 4. Buttons
  

To bash and play

• 5. Joystick
  

Up, down, left, right, click

• 6. Battery
  

3 hours of play

• 7. Power Cable
  

For charging your kit

• 8. Lanyard
  

Carry it around

• 9. Stickers
  

For customising your kit

• 10. Storybook
  

Step-by-step guide

• 11. Filter
  

Soften lights for different effects

• 12. Custom Case
  

Protect your lights

Tech Specs

• Board
  

Dual Core 240MHz

• Battery
  

1,550 mAh Lithium

• Additional Requirements
  

WiFi or USB connection

Kano OS, OS X, or Windows 7 and above

• Connectivity
  

3 USB Ports

802.11g Wireless LAN

Bluetooth

Micro-USB Port

• Control
  

1 Joystick

2 Buttons

• Parental Info
  

Pixel Kit for all ages, parental help may be needed for ages 6 to 8, no technical knowledge required.

• Storage
  

16MByte Flash

520kb SRAM

• 16x8 LED Grid
  

128 RGB LEDs

• Microphone
  

MEMS Technology

Omnidirectional

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows
  

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor

2 GB ram

• Apple OSX
  

macOS 10.9 or later

Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor (64 bit intel processor)

2 GB ram

• Kano Computer Kit
  

Kano OS 3.11

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B