---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Albertson <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Atmega?
I posted this off list, but I'm reposting on the list with mnor edits. I think there might be people looking to buy stuff. If so here are some links The real Arduinos are made in Italy, not China. Nothing wrong with the lower priced clones BUT you need to understand what you are getting and the differences. If you just want to "load and go" and not have to make changes for pin-numbers, different resistor values and other little things then by the real product. If you don't have the cash, buy a clone that claims to be an "Uno" (Italian for one) and you need the ATmega328P chip. This is a good place to buy a real Arduino http://www.adafruit.com/products/50 and then one of these: http://www.adafruit.com/products/51 However ebay #300948763268 looks like a clone of a late model Uno (as it has the two extra pins the new Unos have) for 1/2 the normal price. But DO get the "proto-shield" board. The reason is the hole spacing on the Arduiino Uno is NOT standard and some 0.1 headers are not on a standard 0.1 inch grid. You can use perf-board but you will be drilling a extra holes between existing holds. You see all those 0.1 headers and think standard pegboard can work but notice two of the connects are 0.15 apart which places one of them off the normal grid. eBay has the PCBs for this too see #310670122595. The tiny ones like this (eBay #221326355393) are attractive but not if the goal is "load and go" with no changes. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:35 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > So just that board from ebay would allow me to download Lars code and run > it. > As I say so much information's quite rare and I want to buy a few of these. > When I like a processor well enough as in the case of the Parallax SXB I > pickup oh say 50. I treat them as disposable logic. So do not want to order > the wrong thing. Though to start would grab 3-4. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
