Genuine 101 arrives, the card “daughter” Arduino and Intel – Intelligonews

At Maker Fair in Rome, the European Office of Fair Digital inaugurated today at the University La Sapienza in Rome made its debut Genuine 101 which is the first development board ideal for learning, for the maker beginners and learning environments.

The project was born from hardware “Arduino” Massimo Banzi and Intel, the manufacturer of processors. Genuine 101 is based on the tiny processor module Intel Curie intended to connected devices, so far never used on cards produced on a large scale.

Genuine 101 can be used to prototype very advanced connected with computing power and an amazing bluetooth module BLE on board.

The card will be sold in the first quarter of 2016 at a price equivalent to that of cards entry on the market today, $ 30 or 27 euro .

On board as well as Bluetooth are also an accelerometer and a gyroscope, these elements that will save a bit ‘of money to those who first had to buy “shield” to add separate sensors and connectivity.

The inputs and outputs will remain analog, the same as a classic Arduino board and for programming you will have to use the classic open source IDE with Sketch uploaded via USB.

Genuine 101, in addition to the makers, is also destined to schools: will be used in the digitization program called “physical computin” developed and tested by Arduino and currently implemented in over three hundred schools in the world, number Intel and Arduino want to grow in the coming years to form a “new generation of professionals, entrepreneurs and inventors in the field of technology.”

For fans of reality shows, in addition, the card will be based on Intel Curie the instrument used in the America’s Greatest Makers, a kind of reality-style Masterchef where instead of the food you will need to create objects revolutionaries.

“We have worked closely with Intel to develop this board and we are expanding our program learning to incorporate connectivity and advanced features expected from students and developers – said Massimo Banzi, co-founder and CEO of Arduino.cc . – Through our work with Intel, we will be able to reach a global community of makers and entry-level students with a comprehensive introduction to the physical computing and now offer a powerful and most advanced technological solution that will help them turn into reality their creative visions. “