Flowol 4 Interface Hardware
Keep I.T. Easy strives to include support for the most hardware interfaces possible.
We want to give you the choice of the newest hardware as well as support for the legacy interfaces you
may still have in a cupboard.
Featured Hardware Kits
Below we split the interfaces into two categories: Control Box and Microcontrollers.
Control boxes are rugged pieces of hardware into which you can connect digital inputs (switches etc.),
analogue inputs (temperature, light sensors etc.), digital outputs (LEDs, bulbs etc.) and motor outputs.
Depending on the manufacturer and type they will have different numbers of inputs and outputs.
Control boxes connect to the computer via either the serial (COM) or/and USB ports, and are built to protect
the computer and interface from damage that may occur if the students incorrectly connect their devices.
Click Control Boxes to find out more about control boxes.
Microcontrollers are low-cost PIC microchips which, when combined with the associated circutry, can control
the same devices that control boxes can.
Microcontrollers are great where electronics forms part of the course.
With the supported microcontrollers, Flowol will compile and download the flowchart to the chip. The
microcontroller can then be run remotely from the computer.
Click Microcontrollers to find out more about microcontrollers.