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- GeorgesII
anyone using it,
how is the learning curve?
http://www.arduino.cc/
- ********0
you dont need that, start with a normal proto board
- GeorgesII0
let's just say that I know nothing except what I read on this site,
my electronic skills are close to null,what is a proto board
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- ********0
what do you want to do ? amplifiers? binary stuff?
- GeorgesII0
I wanted to see if I could make a simple led controller using ikea's led
- orrinward20
I've used them before. The level of complexity is entirely based on what you want to achieve and what programming languages you want to use.
I found interfacing with Max very easy.
- spot130
I bought one a while back, it's taking a while but there is lots of info, I still haven't built anything interesting so far. The Quantum Parallelograph is a cool one though: http://www.creativeapplications.…
- IRNlun60
Should be a few arduino build threads for aquarium controllers here...
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- detritus0
I'm more curious about the Raspberry Pi with its expansion board, as it appears to be a little more at the high-level end of the scale, where i'm more comfortable.
Obviously, it's not out yet - but soon.
Also - probably a little overkill for making some LEDs blink.
- prophetone0
- i'm bulding some project ideas in fritzing. it's really cool.prophetone
- nicespot13
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^ stuff been around for ages
http://www.cadsoftusa.com/
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- GeorgesII0
I have no clue what you guys talking about, pcb,, proto board, fritzing ??
- kingsteven0
Georges, just finished a project using "phidgets" USB boards for robotics... connect to your computer, install a wee server app that launches on startup and use their libraries for AppleScript, C#, C/C++, Cocoa, Flash AS3, Flex AS3, Java, LabVIEW, Max/MSP, Python, Ruby, Visual Basic .NET & 6.0
And they have a 64 led board... (although colour LEDs may use 3 separate outputs, i'm not sure).
- cool. i still working on my POV display http://www.youtube.c…txyzinfo
- what kind of LED Driver chip you use?txyzinfo
- txyzinfo0
GeorgesII, the best way start with arduino. http://www.amazon.com/Getting-St…
or download it http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E9R…
- section_0140
I've done a couple small arduino projects and one pretty large one (a 32/16/dual 8 step voltage controlled sequencer). If you can write basic objected oriented php (or better yet have wrote C++) it's a breeze. Any led based projects are easy as they usually only require a 220 ohm resistor.
The complexity is adding other microchips like multiplexers, shift registers, DAC's (digital to analog converters) and other stuff like this. That learning curve is quite a bit steeper if you don't have any experience with that serial communication sending stuff one bit at a time. I spent many nights scratching my head reading data sheets, adjusting circuits and trying to figure out how to program these fucking things. Although, once you get the basics down, you soon realize all of these chips work the same way. In all honesty, without learning how to use other microchips with an Arduino, you will greatly reduce the number of projects you can do.
Here's a shift register I use in projects: http://search.digikey.com/script…
The thing to pay attention to is the truth table. Yeah, it looks crazy. But, the truth table is really the main thing to pay attention to.
- spot130
Botanicalls Kit:
I like this project, now a kit but originally an Arduino prototype, this will allow your plants to have a Twitter account and Tweet about their moisture level:Also tons of Arduino components here:
http://www.sparkfun.com/search/r…
- georgesIII0
I love it when I don't understand nothing,
thanks for the help peopleG∞
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