Prototyping rapidly is key to developing a new concept and delivering it on time. In the Toylab we have been tinkering recently with a bunch of cool wireless and remote control ideas, but have consistently been held back by the difficulty of implementing them. Although there are many relatively simple wireless solutions available to hobbyists, we couldn’t find anything that quite fit our criteria:
- capable of transmitting arbitrary data
- bi-directional
- small
- cheap
- quick to setup
- easy to use
So, we set out to make some tools. (more…)