Arduino is an excellent open-source microcontroller platform based on a simple Atmel ATMEGA8 and ATMEGA168 MC platform, with a developed range of language and interface tools. Compared to other MC boards like the Netmedia’s BX-24, Parallax Basic Stamp, Phidgets, and MIT’s Handyboard, it has an extended community that is highly involved in education, and thus […]
the MIT Handyboard is primarily designed for robotics integration. The 6811 microcontroller system is based on the 52-pin Motorola MC68HC11 processor, with 32K of static RAM, four outputs for DC motors, a connector system for pluggable, active sensors, an LCD screen, and a rechargable battery pack. It has similarities to the 6.270, MB Mini Board, […]
Phidgets are primarily for sensor integration and connectivity, and while they are relatively expensive, they do offer a broad range of available components, and a good API for development across platforms. In particular their Starter kits offer a broad range of introductory sensors for deployment. Their ability to keep items in stock is somewhat iffy, […]
Amongst electronic design and prototyping software, Fritzing is an excellent open physical prototyping design tool. Fritzing was started in 2007 by the Interaction Design Lab at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. Fritzings use of EAGLE allows PCB board manufacturing through Gerber format files, and has also developed a large user community. The […]
Mobile Processing is an open source programming environment primarily for developing simple applications on mobile phones. Because its based on processing, its primarily used for prototyping java based mobile applications, and not specifically a pure microcontroller api. However, as a fork of processing, it is an excellent entrypoint, and one that middle school students can […]
Processing is amongst the premier open-source and education friendly language platforms, and wiring @ processing is the electronic circuit design and hardware control fork based on processing. Wiring is an open project started by Hernando Barragán at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy, and currently is being further developed at the Universidad de Los […]
Emerging technology provides a unique opportunity to introduce science within education. The development of Memristors, the fourth passive component type after resistors, capacitors and inductors, along with other Solid State memory devices, takes us one step further to creating cheap, powerful, distributed solutions for sensing and processing.
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