Christmas gifts for geeks (pt 4) Arduino Edition
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Introduction - just in case you haven't renewed your geek card for the past year (decade?) Arduino is a term that refers to a microcontroller on a board that has certain hardware and software 'shortcuts' figured out. It was designed to be as plug and play as possible, and to lower the barrier to entry [...]
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Freeduino Bare Bones Board Build (w/Macro shots!)
November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last night I built two Freeduino Bare Bones Boards. I had two kits. One was from Moderndevice, and one was from MAKE. They were essentially the same kit, but different versions. There was one resistor difference I believe. The first kit took me quite a while to put together - probably about an hour. The [...]
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