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diff --git a/development/energia/README b/development/energia/README index d2258d90151b9..7092e5ce870ab 100644 --- a/development/energia/README +++ b/development/energia/README @@ -1,23 +1,32 @@ -Energia is an open-source electronics prototyping platform started by Robert Wessels in -January of 2012 with the goal to bring the Wiring and Arduino framework to the Texas -Instruments MSP430 based LaunchPad. +Energia is an open-source electronics prototyping platform started by +Robert Wessels in January of 2012 with the goal to bring the Wiring and +Arduino framework to the Texas Instruments MSP430 based LaunchPad. -The Energia IDE is cross platform and supported on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. -Energia uses the mspgcc compiler by Peter Bigot and is based on the Wiring and Arduino framework. -Energia includes an integrated development environment (IDE) that is based on Processing. +The Energia IDE is cross platform and supported on Mac OS, Windows, +and Linux. Energia uses the mspgcc compiler by Peter Bigot and is based +on the Wiring and Arduino framework. Energia includes an integrated +development environment (IDE) that is based on Processing. -The foundation of Energia and Arduino is the Wiring framework that is developed by Hernando Barragan. -The framework is thoughtfully created with designers and artists in mind to encourage a community -where both beginners and experts from around the world share ideas, knowledge and their collective experience. -The Energia team adopts the philosophy of learning by doing and strives to make it easy to work directly with the hardware. -Professional engineers, entrepreneurs, makers, and students can all benefit from the ease of use Energia brings to the microcontroller. +The foundation of Energia and Arduino is the Wiring framework that is +developed by Hernando Barragan. The framework is thoughtfully created +with designers and artists in mind to encourage a community where both +beginners and experts from around the world share ideas, knowledge and +their collective experience. -Energia started out to bring the Wiring and Arduino framework to the Texas Instruments MSP430 LaunchPad. -Texas Instruments offers a MSP430, TM4C, C2000, and CC3200 LaunchPad. -The LaunchPad is a low-cost microcontroller board that is made by Texas Instruments. -The latest release of Energia supports the majority of the LaunchPad product offerings. +The Energia team adopts the philosophy of learning by doing and strives to +make it easy to work directly with the hardware. Professional engineers, +entrepreneurs, makers, and students can all benefit from the ease of +use Energia brings to the microcontroller. -Together with Energia, LaunchPad can be used to develop interactive objects, taking inputs from a variety of -switches or sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other physical outputs. -LaunchPad projects can be stand-alone (only run on the Target Board, i.e. your LaunchPad), or they can communicate -with software running on your computer (Host PC). +Energia started out to bring the Wiring and Arduino framework to the Texas +Instruments MSP430 LaunchPad. Texas Instruments offers a MSP430, TM4C, +C2000, and CC3200 LaunchPad. The LaunchPad is a low-cost microcontroller +board that is made by Texas Instruments. The latest release of Energia +supports the majority of the LaunchPad product offerings. + +Together with Energia, LaunchPad can be used to develop interactive +objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and +controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other physical outputs. +LaunchPad projects can be stand-alone (only run on the Target Board, +i.e. your LaunchPad), or they can communicate with software running on +your computer (Host PC). |