My take on this (it's how i'm tying myself) is to get a kit (as Orion suggested) and follow the guides that are normally provided with that (Oomlout do a good one if you are in the UK, as do Earthshine electronics).
I'd also get a couple of good books that you can learn from and will also allow you to pick up ideas and whatnot when you are not in front of a computer (I commute 1:20 each way a day, so I have a lot of downtime).
I'd recommend 'Getting Started with Arduino' by Massimo Banzi (Who came up with the idea of Ardunio originally) and also 'The Arduino Cookbook' by Michael Margolis. Dr Simon Monk who frequents these forums has also written quite a few books, i've got 'Programming Arduino - Getting started with sketches' which is also worth a read.
My take on this (it's how i'm tying myself) is to get a kit (as Orion suggested) and follow the guides that are normally provided with that (Oomlout do a good one if you are in the UK, as do Earthshine electronics).
I'd also get a couple of good books that you can learn from and will also allow you to pick up ideas and whatnot when you are not in front of a computer (I commute 1:20 each way a day, so I have a lot of downtime).
I'd recommend 'Getting Started with Arduino' by Massimo Banzi (Who came up with the idea of Ardunio originally) and also 'The Arduino Cookbook' by Michael Margolis. Dr Simon Monk who frequents these forums has also written quite a few books, i've got 'Programming Arduino - Getting started with sketches' which is also worth a read.
