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Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

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Re: Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

#11
This is my Arduino shopping list, for anyone already with an Arduino: almost exactly $100

Arduino Ethernet Shield $45.95

Arduino ProtoShield Kit $16.95

GPS Shield $16.95

Joystick Shield $4.95

microSD Shield $14.95

total: $99.75

(I realise I dont have a GPS unit for that shield or the joystick parts - but they will be in a bin somewhere at work :))

Re: Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

#12
post #8

1/7/10 Why in the world would one choose this as the date format, if not 'forced' to do so by faithful reproduction of an external title? It seems that even on SparkFun's site they would use 2010.01.07.

I actually agree, it's very confusing. I'm European and I would write 07.01.2010.

On topic: I, too, am Arduino shopping. First I though about getting a Spartan FPGA development board, but I honestly don't think I'll have the time to learn enough to make useful things with it.

It's a really cool action by SparkFun and I hope it will be a success for them.

Re: Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

#13
post #8

1/7/10 Why in the world would one choose this as the date format, if not 'forced' to do so by faithful reproduction of an external title? It seems that even on SparkFun's site they would use 2010.01.07.

Down vote at will, it's still incomprehensible as a date on first reading. And I spent most of my life in the US where this is the supposed 'preferred form.'

Re: Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

#14
I'm like a kid in a candystore on their site. So far the only thing I really want is the Arduino starter kit http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_i... Everything else are parts, supplies, and replacement tools. I haven't done hardware development since college, so I'm hoping my surgeon-like skills at wielding a solder pencil hasn't been diminished by banging on keyboards.

Re: Reminder: 1/7/10 is SparkFun Free Day (get a free Arduino)

#15
Well, this campaign certainly worked for me. I have filled my cart with over $150 worth of electronics, and I'm already excited enough about it that I will buy it whether I get the discount or not.

Added to that, this is the first time I've actually bought anything from sparkfun, and browsing around the store, I realize that it's a lot better than my previously preferred seller (although being on the 'wrong' side of the Atlantic is a drawback).

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