Digi-Key meet their Makers at Rome Faire

Attendees will be able to learn about the company’s free online design tools and have an opportunity to win a complete electronics lab including an oscilloscope, function generator, bench power supply, soldering station, and much more.

“Being at Maker Faire Rome is inspiring for Digi-Key,” said Vincenzo Purgatorio, Sales Director, South Europe and North Africa. “We think it is so important for students and makers of all ages to be involved in creating the technology of tomorrow and want to support them with a variety of tools and resources. We support emerging markets and expect to meet the newest innovators at Maker Faire that are going to change our world.”

In addition to Maker.io, Digi-Key will also be highlighting theAdafruit Circuit Playground, the latest creation from Ladyada. The Circuit Playground is an ideal sensor-based solution to help young and future engineers learn how to bring designs and ideas to life. It includes a motion, light, sound, and temperature sensor, speaker/buzzer, 10 neo-pixel LEDs, and can be programmed via the Arduino IDE.

SparkFun Sparcade will enable visitors to test their skills on this Intel Edison-based game that functions similarly to the classic arcade platform Tempest, while Beaglebone Green Wireless Blinds will show how easy it is to create temperature and light sensitive window blinds.

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In addition Digi-Key tools and resources will be on parade. Visitors will be able to interact with some of the best tools available to help take designs from concept through to production. It is an opportunity to learn about Maker.io and its vision to bring solutions from Maker to Market, and interact with Scheme-it, an ideation tool available that allows designers to get their concepts started in an easy-to-use graphical format.