[HH] local source for $15 Arduino boards

[Federico Lucifredi]

On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Tom Metro wrote:

> But the subject of this post refers to the latest email ad from Micro
> Center, which includes a promotion for the Sparkfun version of the
> Arduino main board for $15:
> 
> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0383623
> 
> (Apparently on sale for 1/2 price, and currently showing as out of stock
> in Cambridge.)

Wow - I saw the announcement, but did not check the item - this is the actual Uno R3, I had expected something older to be on sale (the difference is minor, but still, did not expect the latest).

> I get that they want to use an inexpensive device to catch people's
> attention, but this $15 board is probably of limited use to a new user
> to the platform. (Correct me if that's wrong; I haven't played with
> Arduinos myself; Maybe you just need to add a USB cable and some
> downloaded software.)

You pretty much are correct - you need to download the software, and to have a USB A-B cable handy.

Best -F

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