Hello,
I'll keep this short(ish) and sweet.
Can anyone give any advice on possible prototyping kits I can buy for my experiments that can be programmed using Ruby.
So far I have found two ideal candidates. Both have a native C like programming interface both of which have been ported to Ruby. What I am not sure of is how good they are or weather by thinking of moving my work out into the physical world I am asking too much of Ruby and may as well just learn to code my experiment use their respective C-like interfaces.
1. Ardurino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino)
2. Make Controller Kit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Controller_Kit#Make_Controller_Kit)
Can anyone comment on these two respective platforms and my wish to work with them using Ruby? Does anyone have experience of these platforms and working with them using either their native environment or as I would like to code with; Ruby. Are there any other suitable platforms out there with a wide fan base/support network.
Ardurino seems particularly interesting to me as it's language interface is the same(or almost) as that used for Procesing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing_(programming_language)). So it should be possible to create a system which controls hardware, displays some funky graphics to the web. Whats more, Processing may have a Ruby port (i've just heard whispers of it). So in theory I could code the scenario I've just described in Ruby.
Imran Nazir
Friend, Boho, House Owner, Citizen, Engineer
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