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The Ultimate Project Kit?

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dougw 5 months ago

The question is what constitutes an ideal project kit?

Of course it is going to be impossible to come up with a universal set of building blocks that covers every application, but given a fairly generic set of basic building blocks, what would be the most common solution that you would propose - to fit more applications than other solutions?

Assume a generic project would include a microcontroller, a sensor, an actuator, a user interface, and a power supply.

What else? Would you include signal conditioning circuits or amplifiers? Would you include audio components? Would you include LEDs?

To get the ball rolling, I would suggest 2 scenarios - a high end kit and a lower end kit.

For the high end kit I would go with an Arduino Giga with its touch LCD, a ToF Laser Ranging Sensor, a servo motor, and a USB C power module. The Giga could use a small powered speaker as a nice option.

For the lower kit I would go with an Arduino Nano R4 and a 1" OLED display instead of the Giga but keep the ToF sensor, servo and USB C power.

I expect others will prefer a Raspberry Pi to a Giga, but we will find out in the comments.

Leave a comment to elaborate on your thinking.

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    beacon_dave 5 months ago

    Can you elaborate upon what the ultimate project kit is being aimed at ?

    I think one of the primary factors will be if it needs to be networked or not. Another will be on power consumption.

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    beacon_dave 5 months ago

    Can you elaborate upon what the ultimate project kit is being aimed at ?

    I think one of the primary factors will be if it needs to be networked or not. Another will be on power consumption.

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    ntewinkel 5 months ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Good question - in my mind “ultimate” also means it has to be accessible to many, so it has to be affordable.

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    dougw 5 months ago in reply to beacon_dave

    One target could be as a starting point for design challenge kits. The sponsoring manufacturer could simply modify a known ideal kit by substituting the components they want included in the kit for the corresponding "ideal" kit components. There would naturally be situations where none of the ideal kit is used, but when it doesn't matter or when sponsors want to go with popular parts, it is good to know what is preferred.

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