Arduino kits

Mike Hankey

That is very cheap, usually the boards are $20+ are some of the other sites I frequent. I would be interested in seeing the link posted.

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enhzflep

What a score! I'd really hoped to get your opinon Mike. :) I certainly wasn't going to ask you directly. :-\ The page I'm thinking of is this one: DIY Electronics > Arduino[^]

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hairy_hats

Very good! Make sure they are the real deal - or at least, high-quality clones. I've started buying parts kits like this[^] for building into projects, can't go wrong at £4.09!

Mike Hankey

Looks like some very good deals but I noticed a lot of stuff is marked Backorder. Nice find! Thanks for the link!

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enhzflep

Goodness! That's about $6.30 here - less than the price of 2 coffees. Thanks! Oh, and the ones I linked to are clones - but fully soldered and ready to go, with a serial driver and usb/ I'm happy to drop another 50% on them - perfect for noobs like me to get started.

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enhzflep

Cool, thanks - glad it's nice to have. I noticed them all on backorder too - but they get stock in pretty much every week. Sometimes supply can lag ever so slightly behind demand. The consequence? Waiting for them to become 'available' may sometimes leave you waiting 8 weeks before you place an order. Though if you place it today, you can sometimes find yourself a recipient of next week's stock, resulting in a new toy in the mail in a few weeks (depending on the postage purchased naturally.) But I'm a cheap-ass - my stuff has been on better trips around the the word than I have! I had a transmitter go to Switzerland and Singapore once - but $53 for computerized, programmable 9 channel TX & RX seemed well worthwhile and about 25% of the next closest item with the roughly similar, but lesser specs. 2km range out of the box is fun. Now, just to get a gps unit, a camera and video transmitter and a controller board or 2...

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Mike Hankey

I'm a cheap ass also and if I have to wait a little longer to get it at a decent price I don't mind. It's camping and hiking season here in Florida so I've got plenty to do to keep my mind occupied until it gets arrives.

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Mike Hankey

I've also bought a couple of these[^] for my projects and have worked well. The last ones I bought from them where a little cheaper.

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David Crow

enhzflep wrote:

Is this cheap? Or do I just need to get out more?

I bought a official Uno R3 for $22 back in August.

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bryce

i got an arduino a couple of years ago, but i still cant think of a use for it! Byrce

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parths

The Arduino Website[^] has a list of distributors classified according to region. It's a good database to look for options close to you.

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bryce

what projects did you make with them? Bryce

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enhzflep

So, I guess that means $11.44 for a board that's reported as being more-or-less identical is okay then. Cheers, thanks. :)

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enhzflep

Some interesting links in there, thank-you.:thumbsup:

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parths

I've been thinking of getting a starter kit to play around with for some time now. In case you get yourself a kit, I thought this[^] set of tutorials looked interesting too.

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enhzflep

I got a couple of ideas I'm thinking of.

Perhaps a digital voice recorder
A logging temperature sensor
A flight computer for an rc plane that would allow it to follow a preset course using a gps unit.
A learning universal remote
A small robot
The controller for a 3d printer
A controller for a phase-locked loop (digital radio-tuner)

I think someone here did a project that hid a small micro-controller inside the case of a usb memory stick. It provided a HID interface that injected random mouse-movements & perhaps key-strokes. I don't seem to be able to find it just now, my search-fu must need re-charging. I think that one would be a fun practical joke. Heck, you could even implement a 'sticky-tape' solution for a diy software dongle. It certainly seems like it could be a very cheap way to do software protection of low - medium strength for programs with a few copies and not especially technical users.

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enhzflep

Fantastic, thank-you so much. Bookmarked.:thumbsup: This short passage was enough to know I'd be quite likely to enjoy following them. Love it!

tronixstuff wrote:

Which allows you to alter the brightness of the LED display(s). The range is 0 to 18 – in my examples it has been set to 8. You could then make your clock dim the display brightness between (for example) 11pm and 5am – so when you wake up in the middle of the night the display won’t act like a frickin’ laser-beam burning into your eyeballs.

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Lost User

Can't remember if you're in the Sydney area. If so, drop over a fortnight this Saturday and bring the toy, we'll see what you, me and Andy_LJ can devise from it while getting pissed.

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Jan Steyn

Thanks!

hairy_hats

The last thing I built one into was a camera intervalometer, the next is going to be version two of my word clock. I don't see me buying many full-priced Arduinos again except for prototyping and using with shields.