創設豐富的用戶界面和觸摸屏制造商

　　為制造商社區設計的微處理器板不僅吸引了熱衷于進入電子世界的發明家的想象力，也吸引了專業工程師的想象力。獨立顧問、新初創公司和大型工程組織的團隊在開發新產品時都面臨時間和成本壓力。這些可以通過使用經濟的板、擴展模塊和代碼示例來克服，這些示例是在制造商社區中發展起來的。

　　可以使用現成的硬件快速地配置測試床，以實現諸如無線連接等基本功能。繞過諸如RF電路工作或編寫低級驅動程序等挑戰，工程師們可以很快將注意力轉向開發應用程序的更高級別的區分功能。

　　大量的各種擴展板可從眾多的廠商，利用建立的生態系統如Arduino提供添加特殊的功能，如運動或環境遙感，占用檢測，接近傳感器，MEMS麥克風，GPS接收機的一種簡單的方式，或其他。這些資源可以幫助工程師加快時間來獲得概念的驗證和運行。

　　Creating a professional user interface

　　A typical maker approach is to build a simple breadboard-based project， using mechanical switches and LEDs to demonstrate the major functions. For a more professional looking user interface， an LCD module or graphical TFT display could be designed in and combined with buttons， a keypad， or a touchscreen sensor.

　　Various graphical color TFT-LCDs are positioned for use with popular maker boards. Depending on the model， they may be a breakout board connected using individual wires， or may be designed to plug directly into the main board’s expansion headers. Several brands offer suitable displays， including those familiar to makers such as Adafruit， DFRobot and Mikroelektronika， as well as those perhaps more familiar in professional engineering circles like FTDI. Popular products range from tiny color TFTs in sizes below 1 inch， to touchscreen TFTs like the 2.8 inch Adafruit 1770， or larger touchscreens of 5 inches or more. The displays commonly also provide an SD card slot， which can be useful for storing bitmap images to be displayed on the screen.