Arduino
Arduino has opened up a portal into the universe of electronics for myself and thousands of students, enthusiasts and professionals. Arduino and teensy micro-controller communities are thriving. Arduino platform has many great libraries, examples, reference designs, topics and forums.
Before I started experimenting with arduino, my practical knowledge about electronics was thin. Arduino provided a platform for me to learn - which I find very addictive - interfacing shields / sensors / displays / sound cards.
As I am a musician, my approach is to build audio and midi devices.
Teensy
I started tinkering with teensy microcontroller boards about 2 years ago. It has been a great learning journey. I have found the teensy devices to be perfect for my needs. I love digital signal processing and analysis, digital displays, audio codecs.
Philosophy
Ubuntu
I am, because we are
This project is only possible because of the brilliant contribution of hard work made freely available by generous people in the ardiuno and teensy community.
Respect and thanks
PJRC
The PJRC team have pioneered the teensy microcontroller range of microcontroller boards and lead the integration between arduino and 32bit cortex microcontrollers, and have contributed and facilited many amazing libraries for the arduino landscape https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy36.html
Blackaddr
Makes a great sound card for teensy with audio in/thru/out and midi in/out https://www.tindie.com/stores/Blackaddr/
Arduino
The arduino team have inspired a generation of electronics experts. https://www.arduino.cc/
Sparkfun
https://www.sparkfun.com/
Adafruit
https://www.adafruit.com/