The Arduboy is a handheld game console with open source software, based on the Arduino hardware platform. In this episode of Pioneers in Open Source, Jay speaks with the creator of the Arduboy, Kevin Bates about his game console. They chat about how he developed it, his background and how open source played a role in his development.
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LEARN MORE
Kevin's Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Arduboy: www.arduboy.com/
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:24 What is the Arduboy
01:30 The Arduboy's thriving Community
02:56 Experiments thad led to the ARduboy
08:13 How Arduboy evolves STEM education0
9:47 How Kevin used Open Source to learn Micro Electronics
11:13 Kevin's Origin Story
14:02 The Making of the Arduboy
17:52 The Story behind the Kickstarter campaign
21:07 Has Kevin done filmwork before?
22:13 The Arduboy goes viral
24:23 Arduboy helping people learn low-level programming
27:47 Kevin's father as his mentor
28:33 Community as part of Arduboy's success story
31:04 Community creations exceed Kevin's expectations
33:48 The Arduboy community as a global phenomenon
41:29 Challenges to sustaining the Arduboy Community
44:34 Full game soundtracks for Arduboy software
46:38 The Arduboy Mini Kickstarter launch
49:11 Arduboy Mini's extensibility
50:41 Meeting the Kickstarter goal in less than 1 day
52:29 Why is the original Arduboy out of stock often?
53:56 Arduboy almost making it to Target shelves
58:51 What makes the Arduboy so popular 7 years later?
1:00:21 What aspects of the Arduboy brings Kevin pride?
1:01:25 What advice would Kevin give to his younger self?
1:03:31 A preview of the new device Kevin's working on
1:06:57 Arduboy evolving into a brand from a product
1:08:19 Closing remarks
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