Arduino Projects - Hobby Electronics For Everyone - General

[QUOTE=Hexxeh;19533896]Mega is cool if you can afford it, but remember not all shields are compatible with it. I bought from Oomlout myself, ordered Thursday night, arrived this morning, great service. I got the Arduino Budget Starter Kit from there plus a bunch of extras, very happy with it. Screen appears blank because of shitty camera and lighting.[/QUOTE] Did that screen come with the starter kit or did you get it with the extras?

[QUOTE=Turnips5;19535867]Did that screen come with the starter kit or did you get it with the extras?[/QUOTE] Bought it as an extra, £6 from Oomlout. Another cool thing to note about Oomlout is that they give you a printed colour sheet for each thing you buy illustrating how it can be connected and with a TinyURL to a page on their site with a few resources for the product, datasheets or tutorials etc.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSFVlpJO0Ho[/media] Sweet hexapod. [editline]10:44PM[/editline] Does anyone know what things can you do wirelessly with the standard duemilanove?

[QUOTE=BaconDioxide;19536443][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSFVlpJO0Ho[/media] Sweet hexapod. [editline]10:44PM[/editline] Does anyone know what things can you do wirelessly with the standard duemilanove?[/QUOTE] Just about anything you want, you can even get bluetooth & wifi modules for it. You can have it set it up as a web server if you wish.

[QUOTE=Mr.Hoff;19575261]Just about anything you want, you can even get bluetooth & wifi modules for it. You can have it set it up as a web server if you wish.[/QUOTE] Thanks. I don't know a whole lot about electronics (well I got an A* at GCSE, but that doesn't mean anything) but how would you use radio control to control the Arduino?

real men develop and prototype their own 16bit processors. or just buy a nice FPGA

How much knowledge in programming/electronics do you need? I know a little C++, enough to make a calculator with several functions (+, -, *, /, %) and in multiple files. This looks interesting, is it easy to use or do I need to learn more? Also, I know i'm late, but it's this or I make a whole new topic. You choose.

[QUOTE=dArKnEsS_2;19615671]How much knowledge in programming/electronics do you need? I know a little C++, enough to make a calculator with several functions (+, -, *, /, %) and in multiple files. This looks interesting, is it easy to use or do I need to learn more? Also, I know i'm late, but it's this or I make a whole new topic. You choose.[/QUOTE] I think most of the electronics is taken care of, depending on what you want to do. Though you may want to brush up on basic electronics in case you need to add some discrete components to your project.

Of course my mom wants to know if it is certified by anything? Like a electronics safety certification or something. I also went through a few examples and I understood almost all the code. Just the little stuff that is directly related to the Arduino that I do not know. I managed to guess what they are and went "Oh, I see how that works." So, I might get one.

[QUOTE=dArKnEsS_2;19617686]Of course my mom wants to know if it is certified by anything? Like a electronics safety certification or something. [/QUOTE] If by "safe" you mean "won't explode or give you cancer", I would say yes. Voltages tend to be low for these unless a specific application calls for a higher voltage, like driving a motor at 12V or higher. (which you would need an H-Bridge for, the Arduino won't handle that by itself. :v:)

Thanks. My mom is still like "Remember that Christmas Tree I bought that plugged into a USB? It melted. So no stuff that plugs into a USB is good for her. God, if I didn't need a credit card to order it... EDIT: She is warming up to the idea.

I got my arduino a week ago, it's epic.

Oh god I want one soooo bad :crying:

I ordered mine, but I guess it'll take a week or two to get here.

Since this is an interesting thread and I do not feel like making a new one, I am bumping this one. I have just ordered an Uno, what other components aside from LEDs and breadboard should I get?

Teaching it at school. Creating line following Robots to enter into a competition. I've got a heap of sparkfun stuff, several Arduino custom boards from the Uni of Wellington, heaps of sensors and breadboards, and absolutely no knowledge of electronics (I'm a programmer). Also, I got two "Magician Chassis" for the robots, which are great. Comes with motors and an omni wheel and heaps of space to screw down the arduino, some shields and other sensors. It's a heap of fun learning it (It's a gifted and talented class, and the kids elected to do it, so they are all pretty keen and enjoy finding out about stuff). [editline]7th March 2012[/editline] The sparkfun inventor's kit is one of the best value for money kits you can buy. That, and the Magician Chassis [url]http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10825[/url] That's a really good, inexpensive start if you want to be able to create something that moves.

You know, we Arduino etc. people have been around here for a while. I recommend [URL="http://facepunch.com/threads/1160372"]this thread[/URL] for some cool ideas, and some friendly chaps.

Yeah , but that thread is too general, this one is about the Arduino only.

My Uno arrived yesterday, it is very cool.

Just finished making an 8 bit led graph.

I've had an Arduino Duemilanove and an Ethernet shield for a while, it's awesome for screwing around with. I've also bought a Teensy board, since the keyboard/mouse emulation sounded pretty fun. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Zf8dX.jpg[/IMG] I've been learning Python on and off for a few months and decided on a project to focus on. Basically, I have two Onewire temperature sensors that will be located inside and outside, which will have their data taken, converted into Celsius and sent to my server over USB from the Teensy. From there, a Python application (Which is where I'm stuck at, still learning) will take those temperatures and write an HTML document in /var/www so they can be accessed from my phone or computer. Since that's pretty basic, I may buy another solid-state relay or two for controlling lamps and fans, then try turning it into a home automation controller of some sort.