Toolkits and Frameworksdon’t reinvent the wheel

Phidgets

http://www.phidgets.com

Arduino

http://www.arduino.cc

MAKE Controller

http://www.makingthings.com

Wiring

http://www.wiring.org.co

Gainer

http://www.gainer.cc

BasicStamp/Propeller

http://www.parallax.com

i-CubeX

http://www.infusionsystems.com

Lego Mindstorm

http://mindstorms.lego.com

Flash/Actionscript

http://www.adobe.com

Processing

http://www.processing.org

Max/MSP/Jitter

http://www.cycling74.com

PD (Pure Data)

http://puredata.info

Isadora

http://www.troikatronix.com

vvvv

http://vvvv.org

openFrameworks

http://openframeworks.cc

Funnel

http://code.google.com/p/funnel

Fritzing

http://fritzing.org

Software/protocol glue

OSCMIDIDMX

FirmataPHP, Python

AppleScript, COMWeb APIs

Serial-to-network proxiesothers

• Arduino + Flash • Arduino + Processing • Arduino + PD (Pure Data) • Arduino + MaxMSP • Arduino + VVVV • Arduino + Director • Arduino + Python • Arduino + Ruby • Arduino + C • Arduino + C++ • Arduino + Linux TTY • Arduino + Virtools • Arduino + SuperCollider • Arduino + Instant Reality (X3D) • Arduino + Second Life • Arduino + Liberlab • Arduino + BlitzMax • Arduino + Squeak • Arduino + Mathematica • Arduino + Matlab • Arduino + Isadora • Arduino + other • Arduino + Any SW

Many options, not one is perfect

Prototype early and prototype often (one prototype a day)