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Paul Badger at The Rhode Island School of Design took the basic Arduino NG board and considered it two parts (1) the Arduino processor and interfaces and (2) the USB to TTL serial interface. Analysis of this breakdown showed more than 50% of the cost of an Arduino platform lying in a portion more often than not  used several times during creation, programming and debugging, then hardly used at all. So he designed the “Bare Bones Board,” an Arduino compatible board. He offers an FTDI USB/ttl-serial cable that combined with the BBB costs exactly the same as an Arduino NG, but subsequent purchases only require the BBB at less than half that price. To check out his website, click on his logo above.

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The Shoppe at Wulfden offers a variety of Arduino hardware based upon Paul Badger’s BBB (Bare Bones Board kits) ranging from value added developer’s bundles to Rock Bottom kits for getting started at a minimal investment. Click on  the Wulfden logo to the left to go to the Wulfden Arduino page.

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NKC Electronics offers a nice line of Arduino shield and runtime boards. Click on their logo to check it out.

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Arduino Programmer’s Notebook

Brian Evans’ excellent guide for newbies to old hands.


Lady Ada’s Arduino Hacks

A new collection of hints and hacks.

 

Welcome

“Arduino is a physical computing platform based on a simple I/O board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g., Macromedia Flash, Processing, Max/MSP, Pure Data, SuperCollider). currently shipping versions can be purchased pre-assembled; hardware design information for older versions is available for those who would like to assemble an Arduino by hand” .... from <en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Arduino>

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Totally Open Arduino-Compatible

Hardware Development

The guys at <http://www.freeduino.org> have created  an extensive Index of Arduino Knowledge and are in  the process of preparing a comprehensive listing of Arduino compatible hardware.