Sparkfun offering discounts on Arduino day
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Sparkfun offering discounts on Arduino day
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#2$3 for a micro controller as powerful as the Pro is absolutely insane. I remember paying 10x that price for some components for an early generation Arduino back in college 5 years ago. Eventually I'm sure that $3 will be the normal retail price for these boards, at which point I think we will start to see some amazingly disruptive disposable electronics emerge.
Isn't it great to live in the future?
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#3Any recommendations for what to get if you're looking to get into developing on the Arduino?
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#4Any recommendations for what to get if you're looking to get into developing on the Arduino?
Uno R3 is your best bet. Simple to use and is the basis for most projects. Plus, it has USB for communication while some other boards don't.
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#5Any recommendations for what to get if you're looking to get into developing on the Arduino?
I'd grab an uno. Great starter board.
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#6$3 for a micro controller as powerful as the Pro is absolutely insane. I remember paying 10x that price for some components for an early generation Arduino back in college 5 years ago. Eventually I'm sure that $3 will be the normal retail price for these boards, at which point I think we will start to see some amazingly disruptive disposable electronics emerge. Isn't it great to live in the future?
You can already get Chinese-made clones of the Pro Mini for less than $3, it's probably a good way to embed microcontrollers permanently in one-off projects.
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#7Any recommendations for what to get if you're looking to get into developing on the Arduino?
Uno R3 is your best bet. Simple to use and is the basis for most projects. Plus, it has USB for communication while some other boards don't.
What about the "RedBoard" (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11575)?
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#8As a n00b, what's the minimum I need to have to play with an Arduino? Will generally any Linux / Windows / Mac computer be able to run the software and connecting hardware I need to program it?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Uno R3 is your best bet. Simple to use and is the basis for most projects. Plus, it has USB for communication while some other boards don't.
What about the "RedBoard" ( https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11575 )?
For that purpose, the redboard is essentially the same as an UNO. I have one of each and can swap them out with no problems.
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#10US only?