[Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Starter kit

Richard Morgan richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk
Tue Jul 15 10:31:13 BST 2014


Emyr,
Thank you so much - plenty to get stuck into here.

Looking forward to Saturday.

Richard


On 15 July 2014 09:30, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com> wrote:

> When I started out I bought this
>
> http://oomlout.co.uk/collections/arduino/products/arduino-starter-kit-ardx
>
> not cheep - currently 62 quid...
>
> There is a version without the Arduino
>
>
> http://oomlout.co.uk/collections/arduino/products/arduino-starter-kit-ardx-without-board
>
> 40 quid without the Arduino itself... Granted you can pick up most of what
> is in this kit for pennies. the bit I really liked was the breadboard /
> arduino holder - really neat.
>
> here are the tutorials that come with the kit
>
> Useful snippets of code and reference for wiring up circuits
>
> http://ardx.org/src/guide/2/ARDX-EG-OOML-WEB.pdf
>
> and there are little breadboard guides (which you can cut out and pin onto
> your breadboard if you manage to print them the correct size)
>
> http://oomlout.com/products/ARDX/ARDX-circuit-sheets.pdf
>
> I found these little things handy to refer back to if my circuit didn't
> work ;-)
>
> printing the above out and getting a handful of bits from Maplin and you
> have your kit.... the hook up wires from Maplin are bloody expensive though
>
> Once you have mastered the basics you will want shields... these add
> functionality like Ethernet to your project
>
> http://oomlout.co.uk/collections/arduino/shields
>
> All very easy to set up and use
>
> Lots of learning available here
>
> http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage
>
> and for reference
>
> http://playground.arduino.cc/
>
> so much fun and learning!
>
> Em
>
>
>
> On 15 July 2014 07:45, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> To get the most out of the Arduino workshop on Saturday 11th what kit
>> would be helpful apart from the Arduino itself (already got, bought from
>> Hackspace).
>>
>> There's a servo part to the workshop and not sure what else might be
>> needed / helpful!
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
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Kind regards,

Richard
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