<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>if that kit was 299 I would buy it without hesitation, shame it is soooooo expensive! the 'normal' price is just plain silly<br><br></div>And yes, that kit is wasteful - I had looked at the individual bits when they went up on display in Maplin, I thought they were all very overpriced. Considering they sell the components, and doing it yourself either with perf or breadboard is so easy.<br><br></div>Heck, you could ugly the more complicated things anyway.<br><br>All the messing about I have done with various sensors etc for arduino I have never seen the need for a module such as what they sell there.<br><br></div>The ONLY reason I could see to get those modules is if you bought a few hundred for a classroom for teaching sensors etc to children, I would guess that the components would then be more re-usable then for multiple lessons, but in real life you build stuff to last or you while designing you make it on a breadboard and re-use the components<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 November 2014 11:14, Ian Bullfrog <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sevendev.tk@gmail.com" target="_blank">sevendev.tk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">OH great! cheers will have a look :) yeah I noticed the guff bits..... I thought Id have a quick look in Maplins. they are selling the same items one at a time of course, for up to about a fiver each.<br>
ouch.<br>
but I did treat myself to a wierd little "Cobbler" break out thing they had there that Ive not seen in other places.<br>
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<a href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/gpio-board-with-terminal-block-for-raspberry-pi-n31nt" target="_blank">http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/<u></u>gpio-board-with-terminal-<u></u>block-for-raspberry-pi-n31nt</a><br>
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just little spring connected clips for when you cant be bothered to actually breadboard things but just want to connect stuff.<br>
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on about maplins bargain prices..... *cough*<br>
they have just knocked 200 quid off their velleman 3d printer ..... kit.<br>
If I paid that much for a 2nd hand car, I wouldnt want to have to build it aswell :p<br>
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<a href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/velleman-k8200-3d-printer-kit-n82qg" target="_blank">http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/<u></u>velleman-k8200-3d-printer-kit-<u></u>n82qg</a><br>
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and yes, Emyr....£37! so I was hoping someone else had a better source.<br>
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I'll check out the Ali express site now.<br>
and I may try and get in to the social thing this evening if its one. anything planned for it?<br>
Ive not been to one for ....er.....umm........er......<u></u>...ummm<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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