I almost ever use Arduino, because I'm a hardware design engineer for a living - the less approachable micros are easier than Arduino for me because it's my day job. I've copied someone who's pretty well-versed in Arduino stuff, though, hopefully David can answer your questions.
A USB cable + software download should be enough to get you going, though. * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST * On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]>wrote: > Drew Van Zandt wrote: > > The $15 special is one of the Arduino workhorses, actually pretty > > useful. > > What would you supplement it with in order for a new Arduino developer > to start being productive? > > Is it as simple as I speculated - a USB cable and some downloaded software? > > (I'm not including any peripheral hardware, which will vary greatly > depending on what you want to accomplish.) > > > Do you have any experience with the "mini/micro" boards? > > Probably half of the projects I'd use a micro for would need Ethernet, > and I suspect none of the Arduino options would be price competitive > with a Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based options, like: > http://www.lpctools.com/lpc1768.lpcxpresso.aspx > (Though this board claims to support Ethernet, it looks like it lacks a > media interface and connector.) > > -Tom > >
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