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MakingThings provides software and electronics tools that enable creative people from a wide variety of backgrounds to create projects that interact with the physical world. 

The Make Controller Kit is an open-source project platform - a full-featured and robust I/O board designed to be sturdy enough to withstand the experimentation of beginners, and powerful enough to satisfy experienced developers. 

The Make Controller can be programmed to run standalone, or it can interface to desktop programs like Flash, C/C++, Max/MSP, Processing, and more.  An emphasis is put on ease of use and clear documentation to welcome people from a variety of technical skill levels. 

People are using the Make Controller in many areas - product design, interactive art installations, custom control devices, DIY home automation, architectural models, etc.

  


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get Started

[icon] Write your own firmware for the Make Controller. [icon] Take a tour of the Controller Board.
[icon] Extend your Flash applications into the physical world.
 [icon] Take a tour of the Application Board.
[icon] Control your environment from Max/MSP. [icon] Use the board's built-in behaviors - no programming.
[icon] Communicate with the Make Controller from Processing. [icon] Connect your .NET applications to the real world.








Buy

Browse the MakingThings product catalog[link].  The Make Controller Kit can work with hundreds of different kinds of sensors - MakingThings sells a few that we've found work particularly well.  Our accessories come assembled and ready to play with the Make Controller out of the box.

Learn

We're constantly working to provide resources that make it easy to work with the Make Controller Kit.  We have an extensive list of step-by-step tutorials [link], and a growing list of how-tos [link] - shorter documents with tips and handy references for simpler tasks. Schematics and 3D models of the board make it easy to build your own extensions to the Make Controller. 

The Make Controller Kit is supported by an active community of developers, artists, designers, students, and inventors - join in the discussion on our forum [link].