Why is my microbit showing this animation?

Question

I'm running micropython on a bbc microbit.

My microbit isn't running the program flashed to it, it's displaying 0, 5, 0, SAD_FACE

What does that animation mean?

Answer 1

The sad face indicates that the microbit has run out of resources or detected a fault. Error code 50 indicates an error with the accelerometer.

This is detailed on the microbit support page at:

https://support.microbit.org/support/solutions/articles/19000016969-micro-bit-error-codes