What Micro-Controller Would You Use to Teach With? 175
Rukie asks: "I'm looking into starting some sort of robotics class for my high school, which severely lacks any sort of technological classes. I am now wondering what micro-controllers are best for an educational environment. I definitely want something more advanced than the Legos, but something that won't fly over people's heads. Are there cheap, scaleable micro-controllers for learning in a classroom or at home? I'm curious how my fellow readers have hacked up toys to make their own robotics at minimal cost."
Re:PicAxe by far (Score:1, Funny)
Excellent point! Here are some other great activities to get high school kids interested in the realities of engineering:
1. Writing device drivers
2. Tracking down race conditions
3. Finding the bad capacitor on a motherboard
4. Calibration (of any kind)
5. Filling out timesheets for 4 different customers, each having 3 levels of project codes
Man, if these don't get the kids excited, nothing will!