創(chuàng)設(shè)豐富的用戶界面和觸摸屏制造商

　　為制造商社區(qū)設(shè)計(jì)的微處理器板不僅吸引了熱衷于進(jìn)入電子世界的發(fā)明家的想象力，也吸引了專業(yè)工程師的想象力。獨(dú)立顧問、新初創(chuàng)公司和大型工程組織的團(tuán)隊(duì)在開發(fā)新產(chǎn)品時(shí)都面臨時(shí)間和成本壓力。這些可以通過使用經(jīng)濟(jì)的板、擴(kuò)展模塊和代碼示例來克服，這些示例是在制造商社區(qū)中發(fā)展起來的。

　　可以使用現(xiàn)成的硬件快速地配置測(cè)試床，以實(shí)現(xiàn)諸如無線連接等基本功能。繞過諸如RF電路工作或編寫低級(jí)驅(qū)動(dòng)程序等挑戰(zhàn)，工程師們可以很快將注意力轉(zhuǎn)向開發(fā)應(yīng)用程序的更高級(jí)別的區(qū)分功能。

　　大量的各種擴(kuò)展板可從眾多的廠商，利用建立的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)如Arduino提供添加特殊的功能，如運(yùn)動(dòng)或環(huán)境遙感，占用檢測(cè)，接近傳感器，MEMS麥克風(fēng)，GPS接收機(jī)的一種簡單的方式，或其他。這些資源可以幫助工程師加快時(shí)間來獲得概念的驗(yàn)證和運(yùn)行。

　　Creating a professional user interface

　　A typical maker approach is to build a simple breadboard-based project， using mechanical switches and LEDs to demonstrate the major functions. For a more professional looking user interface， an LCD module or graphical TFT display could be designed in and combined with buttons， a keypad， or a touchscreen sensor.

　　Various graphical color TFT-LCDs are positioned for use with popular maker boards. Depending on the model， they may be a breakout board connected using individual wires， or may be designed to plug directly into the main board’s expansion headers. Several brands offer suitable displays， including those familiar to makers such as Adafruit， DFRobot and Mikroelektronika， as well as those perhaps more familiar in professional engineering circles like FTDI. Popular products range from tiny color TFTs in sizes below 1 inch， to touchscreen TFTs like the 2.8 inch Adafruit 1770， or larger touchscreens of 5 inches or more. The displays commonly also provide an SD card slot， which can be useful for storing bitmap images to be displayed on the screen.