Hey everybody! I just came on here as you can tell :slight_smile: I want a good way to start my journey in the Arduino world. I am not a total newb, I know how to programm in C, C#, C++, Basic, Pascal and so on.... but I have never worked with actual hardware(always a app or a program) and I know s…

IMO a MEGA is best to start with. Fully Uno pinout and 5V compatible, but no issues about too few pins for Serial and I2C and SPI and additional ADC and DAC and >30 more digital pins even providing pwm. And 6MB more RAM, not to forget. And they cost not a fortune, almost no difference to Unos any m…

The original poster expressed interest in buying genuine Arduino, and I'm afraid the prospects of buying genuine to benefit arduino.cc in the USA market is not good. The store at arduino.cc is out of stock. Adafruit is out of stock often. And I have not heard of any tooling up for the Mega for the U…

then maybe the TO may buy a Mega clone from China for 10 US$ and donate another 10 US$ to arduino.cc? :smiley:

ArthurD: IMO a MEGA is best to start with. Fully Uno pinout and 5V compatible, This is actually not true - in particular - on a standard (ie - official) Mega - there is one pin that isn't brought out to a header which has a particular function that some shield(s) require (I only know of one of t…

yes, a typo - 6kB more, not 6MB, anyway - I once had a Uno for starting but never used it instead for the LED blink example - then for my own projects I immediately run into pin - and RAM issues. Nevertheless, the basic tutorials can be done by either board. And remember, the TO is a experienced C/…

ArthurD: then maybe the TO may buy a Mega clone from China for 10 US$ and donate another 10 US$ to arduino.cc? :smiley: That's a good idea or get Uno clone now and back order a genuine Uno from Adafruit. They do produce them but it seems they run out often. I also recommend people to have more t…

to me the Uno story is a story of deprivation, of scarcity and halfhearted workarounds. Just 6 ADC ports, but A4+A5 vanish if you need to have I2C. Just 1 Serial port on 0+1, but as it's needed for USB-Serial-terminal one needs 2 dPins of 2-13 for SoftwareSerial: 7+8 may work. Need SPI for SD and…

That's pretty funny. Actually I do recommend getting started with stuff like henhouse flaps. A lot of people start with an Uno and work there way down to ATtiny85 or Beetle and stuff like that.

...and some start with an Uno, immediatly purchase a Mega, and then work their way up to Due, Yun,.... and maybe yet once in this century: even a TRE! :slight_smile: (about SD cards) There is one important reason why the Arduino Mega is chosen instead of the Arduino Uno (or any Arduino with the A…

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dmjlambert September 9, 2015, 3:18pm 2

In my opinion Uno is the best board to start with. Order a genuine Arduino Uno from Adafruit if you are in the USA. What country/city are you in?

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