Microcontrollers / Embedded Electronics

[Qmindgate]

I work for a hobbyist supplier for microcontrollers/sensors, and they are giving away $100,000 worth of free stuff on Jan, 7th. $100 per person. I got their Arduino starter kit & Beginning Arduino book a few weeks back, and it's been a lot of fun so far! So much so that I intend to participate in the autonomous vehicles competition next year...

Anyways, check out what they've got.

www.sparkfun.com

[lornfang]

hrrm. Interesting, I've wanted a good starting place.

[Qmindgate]

Do what I did and get the Arduino Starter kit and the Book. The book is really short, but it's a lot better than Sparkfun's tutorials. The kit has several sensors/parts/LEDs and it's an excellent way to get your feet wet.

[Kiratal]

Just saw this now...yea I always thought these were the best courses in school. Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems. It was always fun to get rid of all the levels of abstraction -- always felt more rewarding that high level code. If I had time for another hobby besides gaming, working out and beating off this would probably be it.

[Qmindgate]

We have 2,200 people in our public IRC at this moment, our servers are getting HEAVILY raped, and we are currently 3rd most popular Google search.

I may have underestimated the power of free stuff on the internet...

[edit]Now we're # 1, 4, 6, & 10 searches on Google.