Does anyone have any thoughts on this set of tools? http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=LAB1U
It looks mighty convenient... but not having played with this stuff much, it is hard to know if the temperature ranges on the soldering iron, or the output of the power supply are too limited to cover a wide variety of projects? Or more likely, it is over-kill? Certainly, with respect to Matthew's post it is obvious that this item is not needed just to start goofing off with Arduino... -Nick ________________________________________ From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Floersch [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Freeduino suggestions from Brian or others? Since we got such a great show and tell last night, I suspect there is a fair amount of interest in purchasing some hardware to hack. Brian is a new and obvious local supplier of the goods. Are there others that are local, or fairly local? More importantly, perhaps Brian, Matthew, or others could post a few links or suggestions to good "startup kits" or sets of important tools and parts for those of us with super meager collections to get started. Example... the last time I physically touched a breadboard was in university... and then Brian gave me one last night which was awesome. From fooling around in university with this stuff, I recall needing lots of bits and pieces to go with the bread board (capacitors, diodes, LEDs, wires and wires and wires, resistors, etc.), a multimeter, and a power supply. At least. Soldering is not required with the breadboards, obviously, but as we go further down the road, a good soldering iron would probably not hurt either. I have a single temperature soldering iron, and a multimeter ... and now a small breadboard. What other items should I be investing in? I've seen this ad on the back page of Make for a "Does-everything" power supply which looks good, but I don't really know for certain that it is the best choice without spending a lot of time researching... So what suggestions are there from those already experienced with this topic? -Nick This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
