l ke bastian nordmeyer headquarters stukenbrock germany products microcontroller website www.tinkerforge.com tinkerforge is an open source hardware platform of stackable microcontroller building blocks bricks that can control different modules bricklets . the primary communication interface of the building blocks can be extended using master extensions . the hardware can be controlled by external programs written in c c c object pascal java perl php python ruby shell and vb.net over a usb wifi or ethernet connection and running on windows linux and mac os x. this non embedded programming approach eliminates the typical requirements and limitations development tools limited availability of ram and processing power of conventional embedded software development such as arduino . tinkerforge hardware and software are both open source and all files are hosted on github . the computer magazine chip awarded tinkerforge 2012 the product of the year award . 1 contents 1 bricks 2 bricklets 3 master extensions 4 see also 5 references 6 external links bricks edit master brick with wifi extension bricks are 4x4 cm circuit boards . they can evaluate measurements control motors and communicate with other building blocks . each brick has a 32 bit arm microcontroller a usb connector and connectors for more bricks and bricklets . it is possible to stack several bricks onto each other . the bottom brick of such stacks needs to be a master brick . bricklets edit bricklets extend the features of bricks . they provide means for in and output of data . many bricklets are sensors but there are also lcd bricklets and bricklets for digital and analog in and output . master extensions edit master extensions extend the communication interfaces of bricks . like bricks master extensions are 4x4cm circuit boards . there are extensions for wi fi ethernet and rs485 . from a programming perspective the different interfaces are transparent . a stack with master extension behaves as if every board in the stack would be directly connected to the pc over a usb connection . see also edit list of open source hardware projects references edit these are the winners of the chip awards 2012 external links edit official website article on engadget.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tinkerforge & oldid 737370170 categories open source hardwarefree softwaremicrocontrollers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view