[Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Starter kit

[Emyr Morris]

I've just realised I can't make it on Saturday - I'm heading west for my
father's birthday - Gutted!


On 15 July 2014 10:31, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Richard
>



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