[Noisebridge-discuss] getting started with arduino

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Tue Mar 31 00:37:09 UTC 2009


would one or both of you, and/or anyone else with the knowledge, take 1
minute to update the wiki page with this info, which I kinda got wrong
there?  I put a bit of text about what's needed, and biffed the cable info.

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Getting_started_with_Arduino

R

Josh Myer wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 05:21:25PM -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:
> 
>> There's also a bunch of BoArduino kits available for people to build
>> at Noisebridge.  They're $17 each, and do everything an Arduino
>> does, except you need a USB-TTL cable, which we also have for $19.
>> (The upside of this is that you can dedicate a BoArduino to a
>> project without wasting the USB interface that comes with Arduino.)
> 
> The Boarduino also has proper pins, instead of sockets, making it much
> nicer for using with protoboards.  I kind of prefer the boarduino,
> with one caveat: you have to solder them together yourself.
> 
> (And another thank-you to Rachel.  Lots of us have wanted to do this
> kind of bootstrapping activity, but haven't made time for it.
> Do-ocracy in action!)



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