Today was the final day of Embedded World 2016, and the last day of our #ARMBoardWins competition. If you've been following, you'll have noted the theme for each day has been matched to a blog about the ARM Wall of Boards we had on our Embedded World stand this year, and today is no exception. Check out my Q&A with ARM® Maker Extraordinaire Mark Woods (woodsy) to hear all about the Maker movement being fueled by active board communities such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino, and some of the fascinating crossover from this world into both traditional Embedded computing and new phenomena such as Kickstarter.
Todays theme is all about the Maker movement. So, we looked for that crossover between art and engineering elegance that defines this community. If you've ever been to a Maker Faire, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you haven't, well, go. The Maker movement (or DIY movement, etc) is a fantastic manifestation of what accessible technology in the form of affordable, capable compute boards, and the community and information sharing ensured by ubiquitous communications, can enable.
Today's winner is ARM Connected Community member Phillip Dupree (zeropd), who has presented this spectacular kinetic sculpture that included a wireless motion control. Wow. Here's a short video of it in action.
ARM Connected Community member fustini has a very cool mobile inverted pendulum bot using a Beaglebone robotics cape. I could watch this thing for hours, see the video here.
Twitter user Karsten Schmidt (@toxi) submitted a fantastic Midi synth implemented on the ARM Cortex®-M7 based STM32F746 from STMicroelectronics. You'll need to watch the Youtube video to fully experience the coolness of this.
@ARMEmbedded #ARMBoardWins How about this STM32F746 polyphonic MIDI synth? https://t.co/LJUmLHVEDM pic.twitter.com/pTV6diIhWC— Karsten Schmidt (@toxi) February 15, 2016
@ARMEmbedded #ARMBoardWins How about this STM32F746 polyphonic MIDI synth? https://t.co/LJUmLHVEDM pic.twitter.com/pTV6diIhWC
— Karsten Schmidt (@toxi) February 15, 2016
Finally, ARM Connected Community member crgfrench provides instructions on how to hack an eggbot for control via Raspberry Pi. Eggscellent.
This contest has been an immense amount of fun, and we know there are more fantastic #ARMBoardWins stories out there. We hope you continue to share them and help show just how diverse and exciting modern embedded computing can be.
Congratulations zeropd!
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I've sent you a message so you can claim your prize too. We are really impressed with your project