RFduino: Fingertip-Sized Microcontroller with Bluetooth LE (Kickstarter) [Hack Things]
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RFduino: Fingertip-Sized Microcontroller with Bluetooth LE (Kickstarter)

Joe Heitzeberg
March 18, 2013

(Photo) A hand presses a large, red 'easy' button, while a smartphone screen displays a virtual button pressed and the text 'Button 1 pressed'. Text: sy STAPLES AT&T 9:57 PM Disconnect RFduino 60% Button 1 pressed object | indoor | Hand interacting with button, smartphone screen displaying app interface | #e02222 | #cccccc | #ffffff | #000000 | close-up | Colors: #e02222, #cccccc, #ffffff, #000000 Note: This is a photograph capturing a real-life scenario involving a physical button and a smartphone app.

The folks at OpenSource RF have launched RFduino on Kickstarter, one of the smallest Arduino-compatible microcontrollers around, and it even has Bluetooth 4.0 LE built in.

This looks like a wonderful platform for prototyping Internet of Things sensor-based applications where your smartphone serves as the hub or brain. They have several imaginative projects outlined on their Kickstarter page, including proximity sensors, plant monitors, door sensors and button press detectors.

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