[HH] local source for $15 Arduino boards

[Drew Van Zandt]

I almost ever use Arduino, because I'm a hardware design engineer for a
living - the less approachable micros are easier than Arduino for me
because it's my day job.  I've copied someone who's pretty well-versed in
Arduino stuff, though, hopefully David can answer your questions.

A USB cable + software download should be enough to get you going, though.

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Drew Van Zandt
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>wrote:

> Drew Van Zandt wrote:
> > The $15 special is one of the Arduino workhorses, actually pretty
> > useful.
>
> What would you supplement it with in order for a new Arduino developer
> to start being productive?
>
> Is it as simple as I speculated - a USB cable and some downloaded software?
>
> (I'm not including any peripheral hardware, which will vary greatly
> depending on what you want to accomplish.)
>
>
> Do you have any experience with the "mini/micro" boards?
>
> Probably half of the projects I'd use a micro for would need Ethernet,
> and I suspect none of the Arduino options would be price competitive
> with a Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based options, like:
> http://www.lpctools.com/lpc1768.lpcxpresso.aspx
> (Though this board claims to support Ethernet, it looks like it lacks a
> media interface and connector.)
>
>  -Tom
>
>
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