Welcome to the chipKIT
Pi Expert Event!
Tom Devine is Here to Answer Your Questions (Oct. 21 - Nov. 8th)
About Our Speaker, Tom Devine:
During the day Tom is an Automation Engineer with Novelis. His core expertise includes Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), System Design, Embedded Design, System solutions. In his spare time, Tom teaches basic electronics to preteens and kids in their eary teens at the Cicero Community Center in Cicero, New York. Together, Tom and his students work on projects like setting up the Raspberry Pi and creating scripts to make the Arduino turn on lights. His objective is to expose children to new technology.
Straight from His Mouth:
In late September element14 Microchip and element14released the chipKIT Pi, the latest Arduino compatible chipKIT platform designed for Raspberry Pi. I have had the chipKIT Pi for about a month now and I have to say that I am rather impressed. The chipKIT PI is the perfect answer for integrating a microcontroller to the Raspberry PI.
I think one my favorite features of the chipKIT is its usability. As a person who is rather familiar with Arduino boards, I'm happy to report that the learning curve with the chipKIT PI was relatively low. I am extremely excited to integrate this into future projects.Also, I like that the chipKIT Pi can interface directly to the Raspberry PI I/O Expansion header without any additional components.
Let's talk about what great builds we can make with the chipKIT Pi together!
Tom
