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Arduino: The Documentary has been released.

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Re: Arduino: The Documentary has been released.

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Post by apitaru »

Perhaps worth mentioning that the Arduino project is somewhat related to the http://processing.org/ programming language (basically sugar coating Java).

I've had the pleasure of introducing many artists to the world of programming via Processing, and am always amazed by the widely creative works that are produced, almost off the bat.

Arduino beautifully extends the same capabilities to analog and digital circuitry. Many artists are greatly appreciative of the new channels of creativity that these two project (as well as others) enable.

Re: Arduino: The Documentary has been released.

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Post by landonfuller »

antirez wrote: post #5

The Arduino is absolutely cool, but the reason I recommend it is that it can be a good start to get introduced to analog electronics, that is even cooler for programmers. As after all the arduino itself for a programmer is just a small computer. Cool but nothing completely different especially if you used to write code in assember or C. But... analog programing, creating an AM receiver or transmitter, amplifying usin…

I actually feel the opposite -- microcontrollers are exactly why I got back into electronics. Being able to write a few lines of code that interact with the 'real' world -- that's what I find exciting, and analog circuits are tedious necessities in comparison.

Regardless of your ultimate interest Arduino (and the AVR microcontroller family in general) is a decent place to start :)

If you do have previous development experience, you'll probably want to move past Arduino pretty quickly. You can pick up an Atmel STK500 development board for just $79, and either use it with AVR Studio or the open source toolchains (avrdude, avr-gcc, avr-libc, etc): http://store.atmel.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:1050007

Re: Arduino: The Documentary has been released.

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Post by wanderr »

landonfuller wrote: post #13
antirez wrote: post #5

The Arduino is absolutely cool, but the reason I recommend it is that it can be a good start to get introduced to analog electronics, that is even cooler for programmers. As after all the arduino itself for a programmer is just a small computer. Cool but nothing completely different especially if you used to write code in assember or C. But... analog programing, creating an AM receiver or transmitter, amplifying usin…

I actually feel the opposite -- microcontrollers are exactly why I got back into electronics. Being able to write a few lines of code that interact with the 'real' world -- that's what I find exciting, and analog circuits are tedious necessities in comparison. Regardless of your ultimate interest Arduino (and the AVR microcontroller family in general) is a decent place to start :) If you do have previous development…

I agree with you. It's the coolest thing ever to control physical things from my computer via programs that I write. The possibilities are endless. :)

Re: Arduino: The Documentary has been released.

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Post by wanderr »

ot wrote: post #3

Fascinating. Makes me want to buy one immediately.

I highly recommend it. I waited and had my gf buy me one for christmas because I was afraid it would be a gadget I'd never ennd up using, and I get more upset about wasting money than I do about wasting presents.

I had her get me the inventor's kit from sparkfun since it seems to come with a decent # of starter parts, and has a collection of projects you can do with them. I haven't been able to stop playing with my Arduino and I'm alredy ordering more parts and X10 controllers and such, and I only got through the 4th project before I started doing my own thing like having it communicate with the computer.

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