On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > But the subject of this post refers to the latest email ad from Micro > Center, which includes a promotion for the Sparkfun version of the > Arduino main board for $15: > > http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0383623 > > (Apparently on sale for 1/2 price, and currently showing as out of stock > in Cambridge.)
Wow - I saw the announcement, but did not check the item - this is the actual Uno R3, I had expected something older to be on sale (the difference is minor, but still, did not expect the latest). > I get that they want to use an inexpensive device to catch people's > attention, but this $15 board is probably of limited use to a new user > to the platform. (Correct me if that's wrong; I haven't played with > Arduinos myself; Maybe you just need to add a USB cable and some > downloaded software.) You pretty much are correct - you need to download the software, and to have a USB A-B cable handy. Best -F _________________________________________ -- "'Problem' is a bleak word for challenge" - Richard Fish (Federico L. Lucifredi) - flucifredi at acm.org - GnuPG 0x4A73884C _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
