Arduino and Ruby on Leopard
June 01, 2009 - 4 Comments - arduino ruby tools
The Backstory: I spent the majority of my last Saturday at the Maker Faire, an event centered around showing off all the amazing things that people have made themselves. Everything you can think of got due coverage, from robotics to custom musical instruments to automated fabrication to clothes and food. It was a great event and I’d recommend anyone with the hacker spirit to check it out next year.
While I was there, one of the focal points of my interest was around all the amazing things being done with the Arduino, a small circuit board with a microcontroller, programmable through USB. I had read about it before, first I believe in connection with Archaeopteryx, the probabilistic step-sequencer from the venerable and widely-hated Giles Bowkett. My curiosity was already primed and ready by the time I discovered the Arduino starter kit, which included sensors, LEDs, jumper wires, a book, and other assorted things I needed to begin pursuing my long-dissuaded desire to hack around with physical computing…
