[Lab] another thought about learning arduino: budget

[Andrew Plumb]

Also note that Adafruit offers reseller pricing for all hackerspaces in the world. Check with Britta before she leaves on her travels if something has been set up for Artengine yet.

Andrew.

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> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Aurelius R <maxrowsell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, for the serial protocol part of the workshop, even if you didn't have an Arduino of your own you could still learn a lot by watching. However in an intermediate serial class you'd definitely want not only an Arduino but also a sensor or other serial gadget to talk to. 
> 
> All of this stuff is available locally, and Newark does next-day shipping for $8, so it shouldn't be a huge problem if people have enough notice.
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>> On 4 March 2014 13:12, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback so far. 
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>>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm curious. Of the people that want to learn arduino out there, what budget would you say is appropriate for parts?
>>> 
>>> 20 bucks?
>>> 
>>> 40 bucks?
>>> 
>>> 100 bucks? :)
>>> 
>>> I suppose if a workshop has a simple project that's just for learning, 20 bucks or so. But if the project starts to have use then people might be more interested. 
>>> 
>>> Ideas?
>>> 
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