Okwangoku, zininzi iiprojekthi zeHardware yasimahla ezifuna ukuxhaswa ngemali kwinginginya yabantu kwaye bambalwa kakhulu abo bafezekisa le njongo. Kodwa xa besenza, bafumana ingqwalaselo enkulu. Injalo imeko ye UPhiro, irobhothi yabantwana.
UPhiro yirobhothi leyo eyenziwe ngamaqhekeza eLego kunye neepleyiti zeHardware yasimahla, NjengoArduino. Injongo yayo kukufundisa umntwana kwinkqubo kunye nokusebenzisa inkqubo. Yiyo loo nto kucingelwa ukuba umntu unokutshintsha iirobhothi emva koko asebenzise inkqubo eyenziwe yikhompyuter kuyo ukuze enze inkqubo enjalo.
Nangona inokubonakala ngathi yinto esele ikho, le nto iya phambili kwaye uPhiro uyahambelana nayo amaqonga anje ngeScratch okanye i-Snap4Arduino Yintoni eyenza ukuba abantwana abafunda ukwenza le nkqubo babone ukuba inkqubo yabo iyenzeka. Kananjalo ukusukela ukuba uPhiro wakhiwe ngeHardware yasimahla, umzali okanye umntwana unokwandisa okanye atshintshe imisebenzi kaPhiro.
UPhiro uyahambelana neziqwenga zeLego
Okwangoku zenziwe iimodeli ezimbini zikaPhiro, i-Phiro ikhutshwe ukuba yimodeli esisiseko kwaye ibonakalisiwe kuba ifuna iintambo ukufumana le nkqubo kwaye iyiphumeze; Y, iPhro Pro, irobhothi epheleleyo ngakumbi engazukufuna iintambo ukuba zisebenze kwaye umntwana uya kuba nakho ukunxibelelana nayo ngaphandle kweengcingo okanye ibluetooth ngexesha lokwenyani.
Ukusuka kwinto esiyaziyo iphulo lokubuyisa imali, iPhiro Pro iya kuba nayo Ixabiso lentengo kwi $ 150 phantse ngelixa i-Phiro Unplugged iya kuba nayo Ixabiso lentengo kwi $ 99. Izakufika ezivenkileni ngoMeyi 2016 nangona inokufumaneka kwangoko ngephulo lezemali.
Ngokwam ndiyayithanda le robhothi kuba abantwana banokufunda ukwenza inkqubo kodwa banokubona iziphumo ngalo mzuzu, into edla ngokuba nzima kwaye enceda umntwana ngokungummangaliso. Masithembe ukuba ayilibaziseki kwaye irobhothi ifika ngexesha, zimbalwa izixhobo ezinikezela ngokufanayo noPhiro.