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| Arduino, the electronic hobbyist playground |
| Written by Chris Tangora | ||||
| Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | ||||
 If you like tinkering with electronics, resistors, LED's and other small wired electronics, you should check out Arduino. Arduino is the open source electronics prototyping platform. Say what? I know, I didn't know about it either until Jacob showed me this. So, what does electronics prototyping do? It allows you to create unique circuits based off of the computer or external events.You can pick up an USB Arduino Diecimila for under $40 from Fun Gizmos or get a starter package from Adafruit for about $65. Then download the open source Arduino platform and start making some simple programs. There are programs already written you can copy to do simple things like blink a light, and then it goes up from there. There are example programs on the web to make a light sensor, play music and even control appliances via X10. If you like tinkering, then take a look. Arduino platform Example code and tutorials Arduino Diecimila board Arduino startup package
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