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  1. 17-03-2011 03:16 PM #1
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    Default arduino boards ?

    i need project ideas :P , i want to buy one but i dont know what i would do with it
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  2. 17-03-2011 04:00 PM #2
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    Turn on your coffee maker in the morning?

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  3. 17-03-2011 04:14 PM #3
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    Make stuff automated! Make so that your blind open and close by itself. Should be simple enough to start of with
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  4. 17-03-2011 04:46 PM #4
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    hehe pretty good ideas , i think i have come up with one i like , going to get a cellular shield aswell as a serial gps unit , going to try and come up with a clever way to make my own car tracker :P
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  5. 17-03-2011 04:57 PM #5
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    Arduino... pffft

    There are better products than those.. but anyway in the interests of good relations with my fellow forum members I could suggest a few things if you are interested, PM me...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koosi View Post
    Arduino... pffft

    There are better products than those.. but anyway in the interests of good relations with my fellow forum members I could suggest a few things if you are interested, PM me...
    I am a hardware noob, so i like the whole idea of prebuilt board , and starting at like R270 , it seems like quite a cheap place to start. http://www.netram.co.za/Arduino/Ardu..._grey.tpl.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koosi View Post
    Arduino... pffft

    There are better products than those..
    And what do you believe those to be?
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  8. 22-03-2011 04:42 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grim147 View Post
    I am a hardware noob, so i like the whole idea of prebuilt board , and starting at like R270 , it seems like quite a cheap place to start. http://www.netram.co.za/Arduino/Ardu..._grey.tpl.html
    Well, I don't pay for boards, period.. I get them for mahala...
    I am not engaging in flamewars so if you want enlightenment its just a PM away....
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    Grim, which area are you? I have a few in CT...
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    I know its an old post but there is a new online shop here:http://www.southtrader.co.za
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    Search through Hackaday. Best website ever for this kind of thing.
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    Check out the teensy boards ... http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/

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    I bought from http://www.robotics.org.za/

    Busy constructing a irrigation controller based on the ATTINY85.

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