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Unboxing the Arduino Starter Kit

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[This is re-posted from my own blog at nelsonm.com]

 

So there’s some exciting news in the world of what Nelson does with his spare time! I’ve always had an interest in electronics, programming, computers, technology and the cool things that can be done with them. However, I’ve never really taken the time to do anything about my interest. I always figured that I didn’t have the education, or I didn’t have the money, or any number of other excuses to not do something that I know I’ll enjoy.

Well, no more. I took the plunge just three days ago and I ordered the Arduino Starter Kit from spikenzielabs.com. Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board. spikenzielabs is an electronics kits and DIY electronics supplier that appears to be based out of Montreal, Quebec. A cool bonus I found with my order at spikenzielabs was that because my order was over a certain dollar value, it was eligible for a “free” gift, in this case I selected a 2 line by 16 character white on blue display panel, this might come in handy some day :-) Anyways, on with the unboxing!

 

*Edit* My website has changed significantly, the pictures are still available at this updated link~

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjS25xWo

  • in reply to DAB

    Thanks DAB, I appreciate that insight! Frankly, I look forward to those times where I'll have to challenge myself to remember the Mathematics that used to come so naturally to me, and I've always been good at analytical thinking and troubleshooting, so I think that even the tough times are going to be fun.

  • Hi Nelson,

     

    You are correct, many people suffer under the impression that they are not "smart" enough to learn how to use computers and programing.

    As you point out, it is not TRUE!

     

    Anyone who has a good grasp on how to learn new things can build up their skills using step by step tutorials and studying.

    A lot of the classes I took for my undergraduate degree were mostly useless for the normal day to day system development tasks.

    Yes, there is a time when you need to run the extensive math and science analysis to verify the requirements, but once you have defined the project goals and designed a working solution, the rest is attending to detail and good debugging skills.

    In my experience, most people who like puzzles can pick up the details pretty easily.

     

    Good start, keep plugging away.  A very interesting world is before you.

    DAB