edgeLAB is intended for a wide age range of new entrant learners to be introduced to the open source Electronics and Automation Systems:

• Higher Education Institutions (i.e., Universities and Colleges) of education and theoretical studies
• Private and Public schools (with emphasis on secondary education)
• Teachers pursuing to elaborate the formal educational curricula
• Families keen on high-quality bonding activities
• Educational centers
• Museums and Cultural Centers of technology
• Individual learners, Students through non-formal educational structures, Lifelong learners
• Educational communities interested in technological issues
• Learners belonging to isolated populations, e.g., remote locations

• Firstly, the whole program is oriented towards an e-learning platform, promoting the concept “Inspired by Watching”.
• Secondly, this online program is blended perfectly with a physical toolbox that bundles hardware and 3D printed parts, inviting learners to train their minds to innovate and promoting the concept of “Learning by Doing”.

• Inventive 3D printed crafts render program’s scenarios fully functional
• Open-source programming framework for microcontrollers (Wiring and VPL) with easy to use programming element
• 3D Printing crafts combined with VPL and the interesting scenarios is expected to make the whole microelectronic and automation system’s learning process more aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable for the new entrant learners
• Wiring open-source prototyping platform
  
  • Programming Language and Visual Programming Language (VPL)
  • Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • Single-board microcontroller

Open-tech combined with 3D printed crafts makes edgeLAB a cost effective Microelectronic and Automation-System Laboratory solution, promoting at the same time a unique pedagogical approach for the open-tech lab consolidation.