<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff@ocjtech.us">jeff@ocjtech.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Nathan C. Smith <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> There is an on-line vendor called SparkFun (<a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sparkfun.com/</a>) that sells electronic pieces & parts, most notably Arduino (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino</a>) platform. SparkFun has a "free" day tomorrow, meaning that you can order up to $100 worth of merchandise for free, and you only have to pay shipping.<br>
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> Got this from another list, but it sounded like a fit for "our list" too. That deal sounds a little off though....<br>
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</div>Heh, we seem to have brought their site down. If I'm able to ever get<br>
back in, can I get an Arduino setup for ~$100? I've wanted to get<br>
into experimenting with Arduinos (or similar) but never had the spare<br>
cash set aside...<br>
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<br></font></blockquote><div><br>They have an IRC channel on Freenode #sparkfun.<br><br>Arduino is about $35. It is totally worth it. It's as easy as the basic stamp but a lot more powerful and uses C/C++ instead of Basic. (but the Basic stamp is cool too) <br>
</div></div><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br>