On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:35 PM, ghorner <gabriel.horner / gmail.com> wrote: >> > Can anyone give any advice on possible prototyping kits I can buy for my experiments that can be programmed using Ruby. >> > So far I have found two ideal candidates. Both have 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 interfaces. >> >> > 1. Ardurino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino) >> > 2. Make Controller Kit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Controller_Kit#Make_Controller_Kit) >> > > I've heard good things about this ruby arduino platform: > http://github.com/atduskgreg/rad Greg Borenstein also gave a talk about using Arduinos with Ruby at last years RubyConf http://rubyconf2008.confreaks.com/ruby-arduino-development.html -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale