The Handy Cricket, a tiny microcontroller great for all sorts of robotic projects, is now available. Please see the links below!

What is the Handy Cricket? Quick guides and project ideas Handy Cricket programming reference Bus Port expansion devices The Handy Cricket FAQ Download software How can I get a Handy Cricket? Build sensors and motors Technical details Cricket links Cricket discussion group on Yahoo

What’s New

• Handy/Super Cricket site is now in archive mode. Dear all, this site is no longer being updated. Thank you for all of your engagement with the Crickets when they were a thing. Please let me know if you're still using them! Yours, Fred Martin, fredm@alum.mit.edu. (May 14, 2020)

Older Announcements

• The Cricket USB IR Beamer is available. Now you can talk to your Cricket using a USB interface—no more USB-serial adapter cables! (Sun May 11 08:53:42 2008)
• The Super Cricket is released! The Super Cricket runs 4 DC motors, 8 servos, and has 6 sensor inputs. (July 2007)
•  The long-awaited 8-Servo Controller Board is now available! (posted Fri Sep 3 17:10:00 2004)

•  New release of Cricket Logo software for PC. Changes are faster and more reliable code download, plus a new Cricket Data Upload module. Click here for software download page (updated Wednesday, 19-Jul-2006 07:24:07 PDT).
•  New Lamp/Relay Driver Board! This is the second Bus Device to be launched for the Handy Cricket. See the LED/Lamp Information Page. (updated Saturday, 02-Jul-2005 04:38:05 PDT).

•  Rahul Bhargava, a recent MIT Media Lab graduate, has released Jackal, a new version of Cricket Logo with a pretty interface and syntax coloring. (updated Tuesday, 21-Jan-2003 14:18:10 PST).

• A Links page is now available. There's only one link presently listed, but it's a good one! (updated Tuesday, 21-Jan-2003 14:13:50 PST).

•  The first Bus Device for the Handy Cricket is launched—the 4-Digit LED Number Display! They are $29 each from Gleason Research. (updated Sunday, 30-Jun-2002 07:24:48 PDT).

•  The Handy Cricket 1.1 is now available! Please see the Handy Cricket 1.1 Info Page for details. (updated Sunday, 23-Jun-2002 09:11:20 PDT).

• The Cricket FAQ is now database-driven and there are a number of new entries. (updated Wednesday, 10-Jun-2009 21:01:44 PDT).

•  First release of Logo Blocks for the Handy Cricket for PC!! Click here for software download page (updated Friday, 07-Jun-2002 21:10:41 PDT).

•  New release of Cricket Logo software for PC. Click here for software download page (updated Monday, 26-May-2008 08:33:20 PDT).

• For Cricket beginners, there is a one-page Introduction to Cricket Logo in the Docs section (updated Wednesday, 03-Jul-2002 11:46:52 PDT).

• There are Cricket bus implementation details of in the Tech section (updated Thursday, 04-Mar-2004 09:59:26 PST).

• There's a hardware overview of the Cricket in the Tech section (updated Friday, 22-Nov-2002 21:37:33 PST).