Analysis Control Automation Precision Design
PREXTRON CHAIN VRP
The most intuitive Very Rapid Prototyping system
for Arduino & Raspberry Pi Pico microcontrollers
Infinite expansion using off-the-shelf shields
Demo and support centre is located at
Tiong Baru Market 01-05, 30 Seng Poh Rd S168898
call 962076600 for appointment
PROTYPING
With CHAIN VRP, your prototype is clear and concise. Now you can present your demos with confidence in an elegant design and layout.
EDUCATION
Use CHAIN VRP to teach in a clear, fun and simple way. Spend more time learning, less time fumbling with jumpers, simply connect the blocks.
OPEN DESIGN
CHAIN blocks interconnect uses standard 0.1in/ 2.54mm pitch boards and connectors. You can easily extend the application space with your existing hardware or custom design your own.
SIMPLE SETUP
Programming is by the standard manufacturer IDE. The board has the standard Uno footprint, meaning you have access to thousands of software and tutorials by the huge Arduino + Raspberry community. Click on SUPPORT for a collection of applications to use CHAIN with.
SELF DOCUMENTING
CHAIN VRP connections are clearly visible, and converts to schematics & PCB flawlessly.
Internet Of Things
Various WiFi boards are interfaceable: ESP8266, ESP32, STM32, WeMos, NodeMCU, WittyCloud. We add them as more IOT boards become available.
CHAIN BLOCKS
The CHAIN Blocks system was created at prexLab, a project space of Prextron.
> We love open source, CHAIN is a truely open system, users are free to adapt and innovate with it.
> With the Arduino open source microcontroller
system, it has a very large open knowledge base.
> Breadboarding is replaced by the strip board aka Veroboard, a system very well established with many layout software.
> Connections are standard 0.1 in/ 2.54 mm headers (unlike other blocks that use proprietary connection methods).
> Finished prototype is a neat showpiece, we designed the case to be 3D printed with an FDM filament printer in PLA, the STL file is available for you to personalize using sketchup.
Arduino Nano pinout
Chain Block project design template
Some useful resources
Atmel data sheet
Arduino Starter book
Digital logic book