“I've seen this described as the "hello world" of GPIO programming, and that's an excellent way of characterizing it. Control the colour and brightness across eight pixels all addressable through the Pimoroni provided Python API (https://github.com/pimoroni/blinkt). I've used it to help develop my golang skills using the unofficial blinkt_go library available at https://github.com/alexellis/blinkt_go_examples.”
“Low cost and fits neatly onto the pi - I use mine on a pi-zero and it looks great. Couldn't be easier to use; just make sure it's the right way round”