Comments on: Arduino Starter Rundown http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/ A lot of nerdy stuff mixed together with a little nostalgia. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aaron Eiche http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-48604 Aaron Eiche Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:01:05 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-48604 Hi, First thing, I would recommend you head over to my other site where I wrote a much more recent list of Arduino Starter Kits: <a href="http://conductiveresistance.com/arduino-starter-kit-comparison-chart/" rel="nofollow">ConductiveResistance.com</a>. Check the "Toggle All Reviews" box and give them a quick read through. A few of the kits are designed to step you through the process of accomplishing a series of lessons. Other kits are meant to simply give you a broad variety of parts to get you going through many different projects. I personally lean towards Adafruit for a company. They're really fantastic in their products, support, documentation, and community. That said, the entire Arduino community is very open and welcoming, and I'm sure your boyfriend will have no trouble finding help. Best of luck in your search, let me know if I can help out any other way :) Hi,
First thing, I would recommend you head over to my other site where I wrote a much more recent list of Arduino Starter Kits: ConductiveResistance.com. Check the “Toggle All Reviews” box and give them a quick read through. A few of the kits are designed to step you through the process of accomplishing a series of lessons. Other kits are meant to simply give you a broad variety of parts to get you going through many different projects.

I personally lean towards Adafruit for a company. They’re really fantastic in their products, support, documentation, and community. That said, the entire Arduino community is very open and welcoming, and I’m sure your boyfriend will have no trouble finding help. Best of luck in your search, let me know if I can help out any other way :)

]]> By: RJFJ http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-48597 RJFJ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:39:53 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-48597 Hey Aaron, I'm glad your info popped up when I searched for Arduino forums. I am looking for a comprehensive starter kit for my boyfriend's birthday. I am virtually clueless as to what they are, but I do know a bit about what they can do. My boyfriend is just starting out with Arduino, but has been electronics savvy for years. He's a self-motivated researcher and I'm sure would like a kit with the most options. I am curious if anything has come out within the last year since your previous post? I'm sure there are tons of options. At this point, is there a company with greater customer service or product integrity? Thanks! Hey Aaron,
I’m glad your info popped up when I searched for Arduino forums. I am looking for a comprehensive starter kit for my boyfriend’s birthday. I am virtually clueless as to what they are, but I do know a bit about what they can do. My boyfriend is just starting out with Arduino, but has been electronics savvy for years. He’s a self-motivated researcher and I’m sure would like a kit with the most options. I am curious if anything has come out within the last year since your previous post? I’m sure there are tons of options. At this point, is there a company with greater customer service or product integrity?
Thanks!

]]> By: Sean http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-42270 Sean Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:55:17 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-42270 I was just going through the entire process of comparing the kits. I'm glad that I stumbled upon your posts in the process. This helped me make my decision and provided me with information for the future. Thanks for your hard work! I was just going through the entire process of comparing the kits.
I’m glad that I stumbled upon your posts in the process. This helped me make my decision and provided me with information for the future.

Thanks for your hard work!

]]> By: Aaron Eiche http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 Aaron Eiche Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:13:41 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-3279 Hi Adam, First, If you haven't already I'd recommend you read through the second part of the review as well: <a href="http://aaroneiche.com/2009/07/16/arduino-starter-rundown-part-2/" rel="nofollow">Arduino Starter Rundown part 2</a> The Arduino language is a subset of C (really of C++) and any of the starter kits are going to function the same in terms of language. There are a few books available on the subject that will help you out: <a href="http://ardx.org/src/guide/2/ARDX-EG-ADAF-PRINT-85.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Arduino Experiementer's guide</a> (this was written with oomlout's kit in mind) <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=263" rel="nofollow">Getting Started With Arduino</a> <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=202" rel="nofollow">Practical Ardunio</a> Those will work with any Arduino you get. The Oomlout and Makershed kits come with a printed book. That said there is TONS of material online that's free and easy to follow. I should note that this is Arduino specific code and won't get you very far in programming for an AVR chip directly. It is however, a good starting point. It'll ease you into microcontroller development and programming. Good luck! Hi Adam,

First, If you haven’t already I’d recommend you read through the second part of the review as well: Arduino Starter Rundown part 2

The Arduino language is a subset of C (really of C++) and any of the starter kits are going to function the same in terms of language. There are a few books available on the subject that will help you out:
The Arduino Experiementer’s guide (this was written with oomlout’s kit in mind)
Getting Started With Arduino
Practical Ardunio

Those will work with any Arduino you get.
The Oomlout and Makershed kits come with a printed book. That said there is TONS of material online that’s free and easy to follow. I should note that this is Arduino specific code and won’t get you very far in programming for an AVR chip directly. It is however, a good starting point. It’ll ease you into microcontroller development and programming. Good luck!

]]> By: adam http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 adam Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:50:13 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-3277 Hi Aaron I'm a technician in electronics.I want to get started with microcontrollers.So right now I'm learning c language.My point is that I want to use microcontrollers technology especially (avr microcontrollers)to build electronics projects.I read your article and I'm still confused about which strater kit I need to chose.Is these kits come with examples of c codes?with projects and schematics?Would you please guide based on the informations listed above? Thanks a lot Adam Hi Aaron
I’m a technician in electronics.I want to get started with microcontrollers.So right now I’m learning c language.My point is that I want to use microcontrollers technology especially (avr microcontrollers)to build electronics projects.I read your article and I’m still confused about which strater kit I need to chose.Is these kits come with examples of c codes?with projects and schematics?Would you please guide based on the informations listed above?
Thanks a lot
Adam

]]> By: David http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 David Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:21:50 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-2665 Great article (and the followup, too). I've been kicking around trying to figure out what to go with, myself. I just thought I'd note that it looks like SparkFun has an updated kit; The SparkFun Inventor's Kit: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9837 Great article (and the followup, too). I’ve been kicking around trying to figure out what to go with, myself. I just thought I’d note that it looks like SparkFun has an updated kit; The SparkFun Inventor’s Kit: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9837

]]> By: Aaron Eiche http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Aaron Eiche Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:28 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-313 Thanks! Your network related lighting project could be really cool, and not too difficult to do depending on how big of a setup you wanted to do. If you want to change the lighting in your apartment, that could be tough. I was just picturing such a setup on the reverse of my 24" iMac. It's up against a white wall, so a series of LEDs would create a cool background light, especially toward the evening. You should give it another shot. Thanks! Your network related lighting project could be really cool, and not too difficult to do depending on how big of a setup you wanted to do. If you want to change the lighting in your apartment, that could be tough. I was just picturing such a setup on the reverse of my 24″ iMac. It’s up against a white wall, so a series of LEDs would create a cool background light, especially toward the evening. You should give it another shot.

]]> By: Paul Stamatiou http://aaroneiche.com/2009/06/29/arduino-starter-rundown/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Paul Stamatiou Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:20 +0000 http://aaroneiche.com/?p=382#comment-312 Interesting series of posts Aaron. I've had the Adafruit starter kit since the summer but never got around to doing much with it other than attaching a BlinkM (bright-ass RGB led) and playing with that a bit. My reason for getting it was to build a cool ambient lighting system that changed colors based on some network factor - probably how much unread email I have in my inbox. Interesting series of posts Aaron. I’ve had the Adafruit starter kit since the summer but never got around to doing much with it other than attaching a BlinkM (bright-ass RGB led) and playing with that a bit. My reason for getting it was to build a cool ambient lighting system that changed colors based on some network factor – probably how much unread email I have in my inbox.

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