The TBCS Arduino Thread.

[OvRiDe]

Got my Sparkfun order finally...

A few odds and ends to get me started. Resistors, potentiometers, photocell, buzzer, buttons, some breadboards, etc.

A USB Arduino, should give me something to tinker with.

BlinkM's are always fun, and can be controlled with the arduino.

A quick size comparison. The arduino was quite abit smaller then I was expecting, I guess I just never really payed attention to the size. I know there are variables that are much smaller then this one as well.

Nothing planned yet, just want to figure it out abit.

Will keep you posted.

[crenn]

Damn you getting through on the Freeday!

[msmrx57]

Damn you getting through on the Freeday!

So I wasn't the only one who couldn't get in on the fun.

[Oneslowz28]

Awesome!!!! Now make a LED blink Damnit!

I should get my stuff in soon. Its coming from China.I hope it has made it out of the port already because Chinese New Year is coming up and the whole country shuts down for almost a month.

[Oneslowz28]

Got my stuff in from Seeed Studio today. It's amazing how small of a box $250 worth of Arduino related electronics will fit in.... Pics in a bit.

[Oneslowz28]

Seeed Studio is a sponsor of my site http://themakersworkbench.com and they are also sponsoring my CoD MW2 build. When we agreed on the sponsorship of my site they told me to pick out a thing or two from their site and they would build me a care package. I picked out a Seeeduino and a Rainbowduino. The list below is what they sent me. Thanks to Fan over at Seeed Studio!! Oh and this so made not getting in on Spark Fun's free day worth it.

• 1x Seeeduino
• 3x Rainbowduino
• 3x 8x8 RGB matrix
• 1x Arduino proto shield remixed
• 1x mini bread board 4.5x3.5cm any color
• 1x Catalyst Pack with USB, JST-DC converter
• 20x 5mm Triple Output LED RGB - Common cathode
• 1x 3W RGB LED strip common anode 12V

Here is the complete order.

And it all fit in this tiny little box.

I had to plug one of the matrices into a rainbow duino and see what it looked like.

[crenn]

Oooo... shiney ^-^

[Oneslowz28]

W00Tjust got in a care package from Protostack too. Pics later.

[TheGreatSatan]

Arduino = Skynet

[crenn]

No.... Skynet = Software


EDIT: And for those who enjoy real code!

#include <avr/io.h>
#include <util/delay.h>

int main (void)
{
        //Setup IO pins and defaults
	DDRD  = 0b11111111; //1 = output, 0 = input
	PORTD = 0b00000000; // set initial values
	while (1)  	// While loop = while the statement in the brackets is true (1),
	{		//  excute what is in the curly brackets
		_delay_ms(250); // Wait half a second
		PORTD ^= 0x01;	// Toggle the 1st bit (The Bit with the LED),
	}			//  turning the LED on or off
}