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September 24th, 2009, 04:29 PM

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I'll start us off with the obvious.

The Arduino is an extremely inexpensive microprocessor with plenty of I/O pins to do everything you'd want.
http://arduino.cc (note: They don't sell the product; you'll need to buy it from a supplier.
My recommendation for beginners: Buy a pair of Arduino Duemilanove microprocessors. 95% chance you'll burn one by accident.

For the more advanced user, you might want to learn more about how the arduino works by making one yourself. You get the components and a breadboard and wire it up. This may even be cheaper than buying one! Though obviously less useful.

You can buy an Arduino starter kit from adafruit. Not terribly expensive, either.

Ladyada is a site run by a very competent ... lady (as the name would imply). She has a huge amount of projects and kits for sale on her site (with full-picture instructions for soldering, etcetera.) More useful projects include the MintyBoost, the XBee Arduino shield, the protoshield, and the motor controller / motor shield.
http://ladyada.net

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October 4th, 2009, 12:29 AM

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Learn how to solder small surface-mount chips (by hand)

Or a better variant

Reflow soldering with a cheap toaster oven

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October 28th, 2009, 06:41 PM

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I once read an article on using a microwave oven for reflow soldering! Where did I see that?

Don't try that home kiddies, placing certain metalic objects in your microwave can lead to fires and high energy RF exposure. Here's a white paper I just found on the subject:

]http://www.izm.fhg.de/fhg/Images/SMTA_Rosemont2006_Nowottnick_tcm357-119127.pdf

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