Adelaide's eLabtronics takes micro-controller expertise to STEM in schools around world
eLabtronics's STEMSEL runlinc wi-fi technology allows applications such as phone control to be created.
South Australian developer eLabtronics has invented an electronics development platform, runlinc, that uses the internet to allow programming directly onto a microchip and simplifying the creating if IoT (internet of things) and AI (artificial intelligence) applications.
eLabtronics believes the invention will soon become the “gold standard” for building electronic devices that draw on internet-based resources. Unlike other electronic prototyping platforms, such as Arduino, runlinc’s system and web page is already on the wi-fi chip, dramatically simplifying programming.
The wireless runlinc would do away with cables for programming. Its web server is already on the wi-fi microchip so programming is no longer done inside the computer. The technology, developed over five years, received global patent pending status in 2019. Its uses – including DIY smart home kits and IoT-enabled sensing devices for farmer – are almost endless.
eLabtronics, started in South Australia by Dr Peng Choo and Miroslav Kostecki in 1994, specialises in micro computers or micro controllers: the brains of digital electronics systems in industries ranging from automotive, telecommunications, biomedical, aviation, smart toys, power generation and defence. Its innovative ezSystem software simplifies programming.
eLabtronics wanted runlinc rolled out as fast as possible “from the ground up” by teaching young people how to use it through Australian schools’ STEM (science technology engineering mathematics) education. But eLatronics’ education vision is much wider. In 2009, it launched a not-for-profit education arm called STEMSEL to teach disadvantaged children to use electronics in with Social Enterprise Learning. It also operates in Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, India, Brunei, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Kenya, Bhutan and the United States