List of educational hardware

This is a list of educational hardware consisting of physical computing platforms, electronic kits, robotics systems, learning devices, and spaces with a purpose to educate, upskill, or self-directed learning.

Educational hardware by subject

Electronics and physical computing

Arduino — open-source microcontroller platform
BBC micro:bit — classroom-focused microcontroller board
ESP32 — low-cost microcontroller widely used in IoT education
SparkFun Electronics – microcontroller development boards and breakout boards

STEM electronics kits

Adafruit
Breadboards — used to build semi-permanent prototypes of electronic circuits
littleBits — magnetic electronic modules
Snap Circuits — snap-together electronics kits
Makey Makey — physical computing input device

Robotics

ArduCopter — Arduino-based drone platform
e-puck mobile robot — mobile robot designed for education and research
iCub — 1-metre tall open-source humanoid robot
Makeblock — modular robotics learning kits
multiplo — modular educational robotics system
OpenROV — telerobotic submarine
Programmable Cricket – robotic toys in the form of programmable bricks, developed at MIT Media Lab.
RobotCub — predecessor of iCub
Sphero — programmable robotic ball
Spykee — consumer and educational mobile robot
Thymio — open educational robot
TurtleBot — open-source mobile robot platform
VEX Robotics — competitive robotics education system

Computers

General-purpose computers which were created primarily for, or marketed heavily to, the education sector.

2-in-1 PC
Chromebook
Microcomputer
Single-board computer

Single-board computers

Raspberry Pi
BeagleBone
ODROID
PINE64
LattePanda

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