First Look: Bean+ Microcontroller Adds Greater Range, Better Battery, and More
Today Punch Through Design launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Bluetooth LE Arduino-compatible microcontroller board the Bean+.
Today Punch Through Design launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Bluetooth LE Arduino-compatible microcontroller board the Bean+.
In the last year and a half, we’ve seen an explosion of new boards, and there doesn’t appear to be any reason to expect the trend to slow down in the near future.
One of the features that really made the Light Blue Bean catch our attention was the promise that it could write, and then upload, code directly from your phone over Bluetooth LE. Support for the last major platform, Android, arrived today.
Punch Through Design has announced the beta release of its long awaited Bean Loader application for Windows 8, so you can now program your Bean directly from your Windows desktop.
Today the Light Blue Bean just because the first Arduino compatible board to allow you to write, compile, and then upload a sketch directly from your iPad.
We looked at Punch Through Design’s Light Blue Bean before, but now the hardware is shipping. Get yours from the Maker Shed.
We took an initial look at Punch Through Design’s Light Blue Bean when they opened for pre-orders. Now we have our hands on the hardware it’s time to take a closer look.