Last week we held a presentation in Petnica's applied physics
and electronics lab, the one we're supporting.
We already wrote about our support for the Applied Physics
and Electronics lab. This time we participated in their
summer seminar. The aim of the summer seminar is to expose
high-school students to up-to-date developments and ideas
from the field of electronics. It's like an incubator for
future engineers. Students get the chance to perform
scientific research and advance their knowledge beyond
what's covered in the conventional high-school curriculum.
Aleksandar, our chief of marketing set off the presentation
by giving a broad overview of our company, our philosophy
and our vision of the future of the Embedded industry. He
finished off by introducing click boards and the
mikroBUS™ pinout.
Then Dejan from our support staff took over and got down to
the nitty-gritty with an introductory lecture about the
communication protocols that constitute the mikroBUS™ pinout
standard. The kids were quick to grasp the concepts as
Dejan's presentation triggered a spontaneous brainstorming
session which generated ideas for new clicks boards.
Without wasting time, they immediately started crafting their
own click boards using PROTO click. The hands-on
learning experience continued with EasyPIC v7 and our
compilers. The enthusiasm was palpable.
Robert Noyce, inventor of the integrated circuit and Intel
founder whose poster adorns one of our hallways, was once
asked what would he do if he was Emperor - "...make sure we
are preparing our next generation to flourish in a high-tech
age. And that means education...," he said. In MikroElektronika
we consider that as part of our mission.
These kinds of lectures are just baby steps. We have a much
larger vision concerning our role in education.
Yours sincerely,
MikroElektronika
