Project Description

Our project proposes a solution to make the Arduino board as easy to use possible. Our proposal is encasing the Arduino board within a module which would bring the terminals to a central pin connector: the Arducase. When building a device or prototype, instead of wiring directly to the Arduino board, you would connect everything into a pin connector receiver. The Arducase would then be inserted into the receiver, connecting the device to the Arduino board. When the prototype is complete and the users wish to move on to the next project, they only need to remove the Arducase from the receiver. The Arducase allows the previous project to stay intact and free to be used in other projects. If the user wants to return to the project, they only have to insert the Arducase to continue its functionality.  The innovation of our idea is having an enclosed micro controller that can be transferred to any device allowing a user to have one micro controller to be used with all of their devices -- one micro controller to rule them all. We chose this project because we believe the design of the Arducase will be feasible with the experience of our team members. It will help expand our understanding of Arduino based micro controllers and the many applications for which it can be used. We also had to be mindful of the time needed to develop our ideas considering our other obligations outside of this project. Overall the idea of the Arducase was the most practical among the other concepts we explored.