Saturday, 13 August 2016

MILLION WORTH IDEA




This is Sri Lanka’s first ever innovation based tech reality TV show – a contest to inspire innovative ideas to address real life challenges through the wonders of novel technologies.
Kotiyak Vatina Adahasak is a concept by SLT Mobitel and a production by Sirasa TV. The objective of the program is to inspire innovative ideas to address real life challenges through the wonders of technology. All contestants will compete against each other with their innovative ideas to transform the same into viable products and potentially into successful business startups. Each stage of the program will be judged by a panel of judges comprising of industry experts, entrepreneurs and academics across different industries.
The innovations can range from a simple tech gadget to a composite solution for a critical issue or something completely novel. Contestants are encouraged to use new technologies like mobile, web, IoT (Internet of Things), big data, electronics, NFC, virtual reality etc., and to come up with innovative products, solutions, systems, platforms, apps etc. Furthermore contestants need to pitch their ideas with a business sense in mind with relation to productization, marketing and sales.
LINK TO THE WEBSITE - https://kva.mic.lk

Sunday, 10 July 2016

What Arduino can do ?


MICROCONTROLLERS

A Microcontroller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory and programmable Input/Output peripherals.

There are Many microcontrollers available in the Market.


Raspberry Pi

Nanode

Arduino

BeagleBone


ARDUINO

Arduino is the cheapest and also Very easy to use than the other microcontrollers. Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board.


ARDUINO WEBSITE (Link)



The Arduino Team


ARDUINO IDE

Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is used to code programs and upload in to the microcontroller.
Commonly Arduino is programmed using the C++ language.

DOWNLOAD ARDUINO IDE (Link)



THE CIRCUIT



WHERE TO PURCHASE ARDUINO?

The only way to purchase Arduino and components is by Online Ordering. In Sri Lanka there are only a few shops that we can go and buy. But there are plenty of Websites in Sri lanka to Buy Arduino Online.

Arduino.lk

Microchip.lk

ScionElectronics.com

LankaTronics.com

Store.Zenix.lk

Also We can purchase from Ebay like International E-Markets, But that seems much costly.

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