Arduino, etc.

[Glen Strom]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:40:50 +0400
Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> "Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on 
> flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software."
> 
> Thats from http://www.arduino.cc/
> 
> Arduino and its derivatives are available also in Russia. Another
> slent here is *????????
> <http://marsohod.org/index.php/howtostart/plata> (Mars Orbiter, or
> something like that).
> 
> These are indeed nice toys and could even be used in industry.
> 
> Does anyone around has an experience with tools like these? Where 
> electronics can be joined with programming.
> 
> Of course, I am interested in such ones that could be used on Linux.
> 
> The primarily reason I am interested in is to use these to teach
> medium school kinds of electronics and programming. However, I would
> enjoy myself as well to play with them.
> 
> I would possibly want to prepare a some sort of comparison chart
> between these tools. Hence, any opinions, recommendations, etc,
> please.
> 
> 

Arduino is also being used in the satellite business. This group used
Kickstarter. Look at the amount of money pledged compared to the
original goal.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575960623/ardusat-your-arduino-experiment-in-space




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