Kyrgyzstan Villagers Program Microchips

Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian nation bordered by China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is a poor, mountainous country with a predominantly agricultural economy. Wool, meat and dairy products are major commodities.  

With the help of a proven microchip programming technology, CoreChart, and a well established, government supported and respected local NGO, ‘STLI ‘, a program has been implemented to train, equip and empower a group of local village people in Kyrgyzstan to be the fore-runners in developing their dream of reaching out to their local communities and neighbouring countries.
 

Underprivileged villagers from the regional village of Talas are using CoreChart to offer control solutions to local businesses. For example, the village team has learned to program microchips, through a sponsorship program, to optimize the timing and temperature control and data logging of a Candle Production facility. The aim is to dramatically improve efficiency and hence the profitability of the business.

Please visit our photo gallery of the Kyrgyzstan Program and view videos of the villagers using CoreChart and demonstrating their projects.
 

Peng & Miro began a dream to introduce the poor of the world to a technology that could make them competitive, self sustaining and self reliant. I first came across them while on holiday in Australia.  I am a volunteer overseas, and was looking for a way to introduce new technology into where I worked in Kyrgyzstan. After attending a course at my local TAFE college, I discovered a brilliant program called CoreChart. Curious about it, I rang the supplier, eLabtronics,  and went to meet Peng.  Very quickly I discovered that Peng and his partner Miro, were both committed to raising the level of education of ordinary people, not only in Australia, but especially overseas.
 

After a number of conversations, I learned about their passion for helping the poor people of the world, and they kindly sponsored me with hardware, robotics equipment and software, so that I could begin to build MicroProcessor technology courses and applications, based on Corechart and its companion program, ezCircuit Designer. The technology is brand new in Kyrgyzstan, and the students learned it very quickly and were greatly encouraged by the ease of use of the software and the hardware supplied to me by eLabtronics. My team of 3 core people are encouraged, committed and enthusiastic about the possibilities. Together with a Peace Corp business volunteer we will soon begin a business with two major arms – Training and Project Applications.

The local village of Talas. Click for larger image

We are currently working on 5 projects using a PIC16F819:

1.   Anemometer Wind Speed measurement (Power generation possibility),

2.   Candle Making Temperature Control (Making good quality candles),

3.   Pump temperature Monitoring, (Keeping it above freezing in sub-zero temperatures),

4.   Pasteurisation (Monitoring Milk Boiling to help prevent Brucellosis),

5.   Soil Control (monitoring green house conditions)

The Anemometer. Click for larger image

• Photo Gallery of the Kyrgyzstan Program
• Videos of the Kyrgyzstan Program
• CoreChart Sponsorship for Poverty Relief
• eLabtronics Partners with Baobab Health in Malawi
• World Congress on IT, 2008 Official Website