Speaker
Mr
Francois Schnell
(ULP Multimedia)
Description
The Open Source project Liberlab aims to promote scientific experimentation
through the creation and use of a digital lab at a very low cost ( 15 €/$).
Its modular and open design encourages original uses, particularly in the field of
education, and can also be used to learn about robotics, automation, human-
machine interface or interactive arts.
The heart of the project is based on the ongoing improvements of
microcontrollers. These low price integrated circuits are like tiny and
autonomous "computers" used in many devices (DVD players, cars, etc.).
Instead of using them in an autonomous way Liberlab combines the computing
power of a PC with the commands and measuring capabilities of the
microcontroller.
Liberlab is available under the free GPL licence with a GUI application (Tkinter)
and a Python module to allow users to build their own programs using Python.
The presentation will explain the technological choices for this project and show
examples of usages with Python modules like Vpython, Xturtles and CherryPy.
Author
Mr
Francois Schnell
(ULP Multimedia)
