ByteBoi is an improved and reimagined version of our beloved 8-bit educational gaming device MAKERBUINO. This device is an open-source retro game console that you can assemble and code yourself. You can even use your ByteBoi for remote controlling your CircuitMess Wheelson because of the built-in Bluetooth & Wi-Fi chipset.
What you’ll get:
240×320 full-color TFT display
Main circuit board with an integrated ESP32 dual-core CPU
1GB SD card with preloaded games
600mAh Li-Po battery
Acrylic casing
A bag of other small components such as resistors, pushbuttons, nuts and bolts
An instruction booklet – ready for your offline knowledge consumption
1W speaker
USB-C cable
What you’ll learn:
How to assemble your own gaming device
How video game consoles work
How to code your own video game
How to animate characters and simulate physics in a video game
How to interface your ByteBoi with your Wheelson
What you can do with it:
Play pre-made games on your ByteBoi
Make your own video game and brag about it in front of your friends
Connect your ByteBoi to the internet
Share your creations with a community of game makers
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Unlike your regular phone, this device does not need a cellular network or a SIM card to work because it creates its own wireless network and communicates with other Chatter devices you've paired it with.
It uses the so-called “LoRa; low-power wide-area network technology in order to send text messages, emojis, memes, and GIFs. Chatter uses a publicly-available set of frequencies that are allocated for use cases like this one.
Make your very own mobile phone! It actually makes calls!
This neat little device is an open source mobile phone that you can build yourself. Besides that, Ringo is also an educational device shaped like a mobile phone compatible with all mobile networks. Its purpose: to motivate people to explore, learn and create something new in a fun and interesting way.
You’ll learn with Ringo
How to solder properly
What are the basic electronic components and what are their functions
What are microcontrollers and some basics of digital electronics
How to program a microcontroller in C++, Python and other
STEM Box 1 by CircuitMess: Spencer the voice assistant
Spencer is a handy man voice assistant that talks, turns on, connects to the internet and understands simple voice commands. He also has a funny personality, tells jokes and finds new ones online. Spencer has a microphone and understands what you are saying. You can code new functions that will be triggered when you say certain phrases or words.
The LED display on its belly features a 128 pixel colorful RGB grid that can display data, custom icons, animations and scrolling text.
Things you can do with Spencer:
Ask about the weather forecast for your area
Hear a joke
Ask him to sing you a song
Set a stopwatch
Make Spencer display custom animations
Laugh at his corny popular culture references
Talk to Spencer! Spencer has a microphone and understands what you say (like, REALLY understands). You can code new functions that will be triggered when you say certain sentences and words.