The Making of Arduino - IEEE Spectrum
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Photo: Randi Silberman Klett
The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.
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![The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.](http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/arduino01-1319573198164.jpg)
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Software Sunday – RC time constant / voltage calculator « adafruit industries blog
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Nice calculator. Should keep this around just in case...
How To: The Basics of Breadboarding - YouTube
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Good introduction video on using a breadboard for your electronic experiments.
littleBits
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via adafruit.com
This looks so cool. It is just very pricy. Not sure I could afford this for the kids I'm working with.
Favorite Product of the Day
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via panavise.com
My favorite product of the day. My new PanaVise PV Jr. It is perfect for holding circuit boars while soldering. Just received two from Amazon.
Parallax Boe-Bot Robot Kit - USB
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via robotshop.com
Here is the one to get for the Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge.
Rover Remote-Control Wireless Spy Tank for iPad—Brookstone Exclusive!
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via brookstone.com
I love the idea of controlling robots with cell phones. This just seems very cool. I would like to build a robot with an iPhone or iPod touch as its micro controller.
Robotics -- Boys' Life magazine
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All the details you need to get started on the Boy Scouts Robotics merit badge. I hope to get all the kits and documentation ready and have a scout day at the house.
Arduino - Getting Started
— DougGetting Started with Arduino
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Introduction: What Arduino is and why you'd want to use it. | Instructions for other boards: | | | | | Installation: Step-by-step instructions for setting up the Arduino software and connecting it to an Arduino Uno, Mega2560, Duemilanove, Mega, or Diecimila. | - Arduino Nano | | | - Arduino Mini | | - Windows | - Arduino BT | | - Mac OS X …
Book: The New Cool
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This is a fantastic book about Robot competitions and how important the skills learned by the kids are valuable throughout life and to the future of our country. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in robots, education and building a strong country.
Arduino Uno Starter Kit
— DougJust ordered this basic kit. I've been wanting to play with Arduino for a long time now. I think the boys will get a kick out of programming hardware and seeing what it can do. This is so much better than building plastic models that don't do anything after all …
Desk Pets
— DougThese look like fun, especially when you control them with your iPhone or Android device.
My First Robot
— DougWhen I was but a little teen, around 1980, I built my first robot. It was based on the book "How to Build a Computer Controlled Robot" by Tod Loofbourrow. Of course it was very clumsy those days, but it was programmable and you could sit on it and it …
Welcome!
— DougWelcome to Robots D11. I am a robots enthusiast and I hope you enjoy what you find here. Please join me on my quest to build and collect the best robots around.