Monday, February 28, 2011

Getting yourself started with Arduino

On of my cow orkers was interested in Arduino, and I'm a fanboy.   So when I got home, I put together a quick "dip your toes in" kit to lend him.  Roughly, it consisted of:
So now he wants to know about good books to get started.  I think when I started, I was just fiddling with parts and relying on sample code on the Arduino site.  But since then I've read a couple of kewl books.  Try these:
And of course, he wants a good starter kit.  I've tried two, and they're both great:
Have fun!

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for the advice! I just ordered my gear from Sparkfun (only ones who had everything in stock). I'm also about to order a book from Amazon based on this review: http://books.slashdot.org/story/11/03/02/1329225/Book-Review-Arduino-a-Quick-Start-Guide

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