{"id":9822,"date":"2018-06-08T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2018-06-08T00:30:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T04:30:44","slug":"arduino-engineering-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2018\/06\/08\/arduino-engineering-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino Engineering Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<div class=\"content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/\/matlabcentral\/profile\/authors\/869871\">Jiro<\/a>&#8216;s picks this week are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/66568\">Arduino Engineering Kit Hardware Support<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/66569\">Arduino Engineering Kit Project Files<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/profile\/authors\/4423820\">MathWorks Maker Team<\/a>.<\/p><p>When I was in middle school many, many years ago, I remember doing my science project on creating a Morse code device using batteries, light bulbs, wires, and aluminum foil. It was all fun and good, but when I see what types of projects are possible these days, I really wish I had them when I was little.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/campaigns\/products\/arduino-kit.html\">Arduino Engineering Kit<\/a> is an educational kit that comes with Arduino hardware and necessary parts to build 3 complete projects for learning various engineering concepts, such as controls, modeling, image processing, and robotics. It is the first product released as a result of the new partnership between Arduino and MathWorks. You can purchase the kit from the <a title=\"https:\/\/store.arduino.cc\/usa\/arduino-engineering-kit (link no longer works)\">Arduino Store<\/a>. Use your existing MATLAB license or the free 1-year license that comes with the kit, and install the two files from the File Exchange or from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/matlab\/matlab_env\/get-add-ons.html\">Add-On Explorer<\/a>. The kit comes with a set of tutorials and instructions on building these 3 interesting projects: self-balancing motorcycle, mobile rover, drawing robot.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/pick\/jiro\/potw_arduino_eng_kit\/potw_arduino_projects.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <\/p><p>When my kids are older, I definitely want to get them the kit, mostly so that I can play with it!<\/p><p><b>Comments<\/b><\/p><p>Give it a try and let us know what you think <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=9822#respond\">here<\/a>.<\/p><script language=\"JavaScript\"> <!-- \r\n    function grabCode_8780f15d84da45bcac10f8fdc073a53e() {\r\n        \/\/ Remember the title so we can use it in the new page\r\n        title = document.title;\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Break up these strings so that their presence\r\n        \/\/ in the Javascript doesn't mess up the search for\r\n        \/\/ the MATLAB code.\r\n        t1='8780f15d84da45bcac10f8fdc073a53e ' + '##### ' + 'SOURCE BEGIN' + ' #####';\r\n        t2='##### ' + 'SOURCE END' + ' #####' + ' 8780f15d84da45bcac10f8fdc073a53e';\r\n    \r\n        b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];\r\n        i1=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t1)+t1.length;\r\n        i2=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t2);\r\n \r\n        code_string = b.innerHTML.substring(i1, i2);\r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH\/g,'--');\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Use \/x3C\/g instead of the less-than character to avoid errors \r\n        \/\/ in the XML parser.\r\n        \/\/ Use '\\x26#60;' instead of '<' so that the XML parser\r\n        \/\/ doesn't go ahead and substitute the less-than character. \r\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/\\x3C\/g, '\\x26#60;');\r\n\r\n        copyright = 'Copyright 2018 The MathWorks, Inc.';\r\n\r\n        w = window.open();\r\n        d = w.document;\r\n        d.write('<pre>\\n');\r\n        d.write(code_string);\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Add copyright line at the bottom if specified.\r\n        if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n            d.writeln('');\r\n            d.writeln('%%');\r\n            if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + copyright + '_');\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        d.write('<\/pre>\\n');\r\n\r\n        d.title = title + ' (MATLAB code)';\r\n        d.close();\r\n    }   \r\n     --> <\/script><p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: xx-small; font-weight:lighter;   font-style: italic; color: gray\"><br><a href=\"javascript:grabCode_8780f15d84da45bcac10f8fdc073a53e()\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;        font-style: italic;\">Get \r\n      the MATLAB code <noscript>(requires JavaScript)<\/noscript><\/span><\/a><br><br>\r\n      Published with MATLAB&reg; R2018a<br><\/p><p class=\"footer\"><br>\r\n      Published with MATLAB&reg; R2018a<br><\/p><\/div><!--\r\n8780f15d84da45bcac10f8fdc073a53e ##### SOURCE BEGIN #####\r\n%%\r\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/\/matlabcentral\/profile\/authors\/869871 Jiro>'s\r\n% picks this week are\r\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/66568 Arduino\r\n% Engineering Kit Hardware Support> and\r\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/66569 Arduino\r\n% Engineering Kit Project Files> by\r\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/profile\/authors\/4423820\r\n% MathWorks Maker Team>.\r\n%\r\n% When I was in middle school many, many years ago, I remember doing my\r\n% science project on creating a Morse code device using batteries, light\r\n% bulbs, wires, and aluminum foil. 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