From: Omran Nazir Date: 2009-11-13T11:13:55+09:00 Subject: Ruby & Physical Computing --0-1868579703-1258078033=:86524 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,=0A=0AI'll keep this short(ish) and sweet.=0A=0ACan anyone give any a= dvice on possible prototyping kits I can buy for my experiments that can be= programmed using Ruby.=0ASo far I have found two ideal candidates. Both ha= ve 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 i= nterfaces. =0A=0A1. Ardurino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino)=0A2. Ma= ke Controller Kit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Controller_Kit#Make_Co= ntroller_Kit)=0A=0ACan 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 a= s I would like to code with; Ruby. Are there any other suitable platforms o= ut there with a wide fan base/support network.=0A=0AArdurino seems particul= arly interesting to me as it's language interface is the same(or almost) as= that used for Procesing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing_(programm= ing_language)). So it should be possible to create a system which controls = hardware, displays some funky graphics to the web. Whats more, Processing m= ay 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.=0A=0A=0A Imran Nazir =0A=0A= =0AFriend, Boho, House Owner, Citizen, Engineer=0A=0A=0A --0-1868579703-1258078033=:86524--