[Noisebridge-discuss] SF-grown electronics kits

[Josh Myer]

Since dpc mentioned the Breaduino, I figured I should do a quick heads-up on
the three kits I've been building lately.

1. Breaduino!

First off is the Breaduino, an all-breadboard Arduino clone.  It's an
Arduino, just add breadboard.  You put together every last bit of it,
placing every wire, etc.  The process is really neat, letting you see
further under the covers of the Arduino platform's hardware than you've ever
looked before.  In fact, there aren't many people who get that far into
things, except those of us who design kits.

I'd love to see a workshop using Breaduinos sometime soon.  It's really fun
to build an Arduino-compatible kit from scratch on a breadboard, connecting
every wire yourself.   I'd be happy to come in and give one, if there's
interest.   Putting together a Breaduino is quite informative, and can go
incredibly quickly.  Here's me putting one together in 2 minutes flat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGdlAeE7Rr0  More Breaduino details:
http://www.appliedplatonics.com/breaduino/


2. Volksduino!

I also have a new shield-compatible kit coming out this week, based on the
same design.  The Volksduino is a solder-down, shield-compatible, serial
Arduino clone.  I've done everything I can to keep the kit complete, yet
simple and low-cost.  I got the cost down to $20, and it goes together
really fast; you actually can't make a reliable Arduino clone with fewer
joints.   I have Volksduino kits all bagged up, and might bring a few out to
Circuit Hacking Monday next week.


3. 48 Analog Inputs for Arduino (Analog Input Shield)

I've also got a 48 analog input Arduino shield kit,
http://www.appliedplatonics.com/anshield/.  It's, uh, 48 analog inputs for
the Arduino.  Every input has a matching +5V and GND connection, so it's
easy to source power for all your sensors/joysticks/knobs/switches.  The
shield kit's $20, and would be perfect for digital musicians, home
monitoring, and data acquisition.  With the software that's there already,
you can get the data into Processing to control visuals, or Matlab to plot
temperatures, or into a unix commandline, in case you want to do home
automation in shell scripts and awk.


You can get all of these at Circuit Hacking Monday or directly from me
(PayPal on the website or cash in person).  I should be out next Monday, and
would love to help people with the first builds of the Volksduino kits.

(And if you'd like to have some of these kits for your space, drop me a line
and we'll work out a deal that's good for both of us.)
-- 
Josh Myer 650.248.3796
josh at joshisanerd.com
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