I work for SparkFun and feel the same way: there is simply never enough time for projects :) I was just talking to marketing to see if I could get a HN discount code if anyone wants to play with an Arduino for the first time. If you're interested shoot me an email and I'll see if I can convince them; dave@sparkfun.com
Damn you, Arduino...I have no free time for this.
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#42I work for SparkFun and feel the same way: there is simply never enough time for projects :) I was just talking to marketing to see if I could get a HN discount code if anyone wants to play with an Arduino for the first time. If you're interested shoot me an email and I'll see if I can convince them; dave@sparkfun.com
What Arduino kit would you recommend for a "competent" beginner? Is the linked kit a good option? Better options? Thanks in advance.
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#43I work for SparkFun and feel the same way: there is simply never enough time for projects :) I was just talking to marketing to see if I could get a HN discount code if anyone wants to play with an Arduino for the first time. If you're interested shoot me an email and I'll see if I can convince them; dave@sparkfun.com
What Arduino kit would you recommend for a "competent" beginner? Is the linked kit a good option? Better options? Thanks in advance.
The inventor's kit is really great if you are getting started or re-started. If you've got a specific project in mind you want to work on, I'd highly recommend any of the Arduino "shields" that match your project. We (and others) have them with GPS, LCDs, an Ethernet stack, GSM modules, wifi -- you name it. It keeps the simplicity of the Arduino platform, but lets you play with more advanced stuff.
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Well, this is the same guy who wrote "The Secret To Getting on the HN Front Page".
Not a fan, huh? :) I can appreciate that, but I'm curious to know what kinds of things you'd prefer to see. It doesn't look like you've submitted much to HN, so it's hard to get a sense of what kinds of content you'd like to see here. I haven't been writing for that long, and I'm sure I suck in many ways, so rather than just complain, tell me what I can do to improve.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a fan, huh? :) I can appreciate that, but I'm curious to know what kinds of things you'd prefer to see. It doesn't look like you've submitted much to HN, so it's hard to get a sense of what kinds of content you'd like to see here. I haven't been writing for that long, and I'm sure I suck in many ways, so rather than just complain, tell me what I can do to improve.
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I felt like I explained that: that was a phenomenon that I noticed, and I'm not even 100% sure that was happening, as I have no way of verifying. I also don't invite my twitter followers to upvote anything; I simply tweet a link to all my blog posts when I post them. I don't tweet links to my posts on HN.
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#46You mean that you purchased an AVR board....boring....next subject.
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#47Ryan, I really like a lot of your posts, but some of them feel a little light for HN. This one could be summarized as "I got an Arduino, Physical products are really cool". Kind of bummed its #1 right now. Nothing personal against you, just that personality rather than content seems to be rocketing things up the page.
Similarly, I don’t mean to knock you or the article, but the submission title is overly vague and reminds me of Reddit-style “what is he talking about?” click-baiting. (Especially for HNers, such as I, are not sure what the Arduino is.)
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#48For anyone in the Bay Area that wants to play around with an Arduino, Mitch Altman runs fairly regular workshops (every few months) at Noisebridge up in San Francisco. (https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge)
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#49Arduino's are neat, I have one too. One caveat to be aware of is that Processing isn't very portable yet; so it's a bit of a lock-in there.
TI has some neat micro-controller kits in the same vein as the Arduino you should google for. Cheap too.
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#50Small world. I actually worked on some of the content for the Inventor's Kit guide. When you read "You want orange, you want teal, you want aubergine!" that's me. :) Happy to receive feedback on the guide as you work through it. I was introduced to the Arduino nearly four years ago and actually earn income now from Physical Computing related teaching, writing and project development. Creating tangible things and esca…
I already bought an Arduino, but now I want all this stuff from the inventor kit! Should I just buy parts as I need, or are there any other kits like this?