temboo and Amazon RDS MSQL warning

Hardware Arduino Yún
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Guys,

I tried out using the Yun to read and write to an Amazon RDS Mysql database by following the Temboo how-to at Arduino: Connect your Arduino to the cloud with Temboo

Be warned: you have to be very careful that you don't go over the free limits. I got a bill for $485 for November! The free tier structure is hard to figure out, so forewarned is forearmed.

BTW, they refunded my money when I called to complain, since I had queried the database about 30 times total.

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Hi there,

I work at Temboo and noticed your post. We've added a note to our Yún MySQL tutorial (Arduino: Connect your Arduino to the cloud with Temboo) about avoiding charges from Amazon. Thanks for pointing this out!

-Vaughn