Hello All,
I have to buy a new Arduino board-my first one. I am not new to programming.I have programmed 8085, 8086;know C++ and learning Python (Although C++ has not been used in long time).
So, please suggest me which board I should buy.
Buy an Uno.
and a Starter Pack so you have bits to play with.
- How is adafruit.com different from buying it from amazon?
- Does Arduino.cc sell starter pack (elements) that I need to start projects.
Hi, See more about the UNO and also a derivative with more features HERE:
Thank you for replying but I am still looking for answer.
I need to know how is buying from :
http://store-usa.arduino.cc/collections/products-atheart/products/arduino-starter-kit
different from amazon or any other online stores besides pricing.
If purchasing form the official Arduino store... you are 100% getting an official Arduino board.
Any seller on Amazon can be from anywhere.. and hence could be selling 'clones'.
That being said..
I have purchased clones many (many) times.. and have had not had any issues.
I also own several 'official' boards as well....
If you know what to look for and what NOT to buy... purchasing clones (IMO) is a non-issue.
An "UNO" board is the most popular board as far as community and library support goes.
I would say getting an official UNO board first.. is the best way to go.
After that.. you can buy clones and alternate versions/variants of other Arduino boards.. (your official board can be used to also set up other boards and flash bare chips..to build your own 'Arduino compatible' boards in the future)
I do a lot of business with Amazon so I have a Prime membership, anything I order I get in two days, one day, or even same day if you live near one of their distribution centers. That being said, I have in the past few days bought an Uno and a Mega 2650 and opted to get the Arduino.org products. (I don't think Arduino.cc are being shipped anymore, being handled by .org. I also looked at all the other clones and except for Adafruit and Arduino.org all the clones had quite a few problem reviews which pushed me to order the .org products, although at a higher price. I am completely satisfied with the parts I received two days after ordering and am impressed that the output sockets are labeled on the outside with pin information along with the labels on the board. Much easier to see when a full shield is covering up the board.
If you are not a Prime member you can get a free 30 day trial membership and get the free 2 day shipping, or faster for orders over $35.
mybutter:
Thank you for replying but I am still looking for answer.I need to know how is buying from :
http://store-usa.arduino.cc/collections/products-atheart/products/arduino-starter-kit
different from amazon or any other online stores besides pricing.
THIS FORUM is paid for by a tiny bit of the profits of an authorized seller like Adafruit.
on amazon, you get a clone.
if it were not for the authorized boards, this forum would not have the quality it does.
To help the community, many of us recommend that your first board is an official board. go to the home page of this site and find the authorized sellers.
that said, come boards are just better designed for a bench, testing application
http://yourduino.com/sunshop2/index.php?l=product_detail&p=429
I have no affiliation, but when you look at the large areas of connectors, it makes your life a lot easeir to prototype.
also get jumper wires.
a set of variour lenghts of male to male and also female to female.
Due_unto:
I do a lot of business with Amazon so I have a Prime membership, anything I order I get in two days, one day, or even same day if you live near one of their distribution centers. That being said, I have in the past few days bought an Uno and a Mega 2650 and opted to get the Arduino.org products. (I don't think Arduino.cc are being shipped anymore, being handled by .org. I also looked at all the other clones and except for Adafruit and Arduino.org all the clones had quite a few problem reviews which pushed me to order the .org products, although at a higher price. I am completely satisfied with the parts I received two days after ordering and am impressed that the output sockets are labeled on the outside with pin information along with the labels on the board. Much easier to see when a full shield is covering up the board.
If you are not a Prime member you can get a free 30 day trial membership and get the free 2 day shipping, or faster for orders over $35.
Perhaps you could enhance your satisfaction by asking for help at the arduino.org forum then.
mybutter:
please suggest me which board I should buy.
Uno is the way to go if you're using a shield but otherwise I'd say get a Nano, a solderless breadboard, and a bunch of jumper wires in all varieties.
Due_unto:
I don't think Arduino.cc are being shipped anymore, being handled by .org.
Not true. .cc boards are still being sold. They are now sold under the Genuino brand name outside of the United States because of the trademark dispute between .org and .cc. There are some boards that only .org sells but there are some boards that only .cc sells also. They both sell the Uno.
Due_unto:
impressed that the output sockets are labeled on the outside with pin information along with the labels on the board. Much easier to see when a full shield is covering up the board.
I agree that seems like a useful improvement. I always have trouble seeing which number on the silkscreen goes with which hole in the header and end up just counting from the end of the header.
pert:
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I agree that seems like a useful improvement. I always have trouble seeing which number on the silkscreen goes with which hole in the header and end up just counting from the end of the header.
The printing on the sides of the headers is getting rubbed off from my 1 year+ old arduino.cc UNO.
Hi,
I did start with an UNO, got myself a few MEGA2560's next, but now (for small to medium size projects) I use many NANO's bought via Aliexpress.com.
Yes, they come from China, but they are great clones.
One of the advantages of working with Open Source stuff I would say.
The NANO's have onboard USB, so that easy, my recent order was for € 1,75/pc including shipping to Spain.
Yes, it takes anything between one week! (only sometimes) to 8 weeks, but hey, who cares.
Good luck and enjoy,
Satbeginner
Due_unto:
I do a lot of business with Amazon so I have a Prime membership, anything I order I get in two days, one day, or even same day if you live near one of their distribution centers. That being said, I have in the past few days bought an Uno and a Mega 2650 and opted to get the Arduino.org products. (I don't think Arduino.cc are being shipped anymore, being handled by .org. I also looked at all the other clones and except for Adafruit and Arduino.org all the clones had quite a few problem reviews which pushed me to order the .org products, although at a higher price. I
there is a lot of politics behind what you say. if you are in the side that believe that the band of guys who came up with the concept, the layout, the name, wrote the software, gave it away and put it all into the public domain, are the only 'true' heirs to the throne. then, .cc is the only real versions and Adafruit make a licensed copy, not a clone.
if you are of the mind that the 'official version comes from board house that was hired to assemble the UNO from the beginning and was sold to an investor, then get the .org version.
if you are of the opinion that the inventors are not great marketers and should have bought the .org from the beginning, you would be correct.
if you are of the mind that the investor who now controls .org is slick, copied the logo and colors and website from their customer who hired them in the first place, well, you would be correct there too.
If you were not aware that .org stopped paying royalties to the inventors and created a closed board, not released in the public domain and therefore in conflict with the whole open-source movement than you would have more information on which to base your buying decisions.
I would offer that who owns the software, updates and maintains it is the official owner.
Satbeginner:
Hi,I did start with an UNO, got myself a few MEGA2560's next, but now (for small to medium size projects) I use many NANO's bought via Aliexpress.com.
Yes, they come from China, but they are great clones.
One of the advantages of working with Open Source stuff I would say.
The NANO's have onboard USB, so that easy, my recent order was for € 1,75/pc including shipping to Spain.
Yes, it takes anything between one week! (only sometimes) to 8 weeks, but hey, who cares.
Good luck and enjoy,
Satbeginner
at that cost, buy 5 and when you are down to your last one, buy more so the shipping time never matters.
I just want to be crystal clear:
I recently purchased two Arduino boards, a Nano and a Mega 2560, from Arduino.org through Amazon, and have apparently committed a grievous offense. I am guilty of not doing the proper political research on the relationship between a .org and a .cc company and their various contractual meanderings, not knowing one was trying to screw over the other.
I did some research and came to the possibly wrong conclusion that the .cc company was doing the US marketing through the .org company. I am a firm believer in supporting the company that originates and markets a product, which I thought I was doing. I deliberately chose not to buy the cheap knockoffs by choosing items marketed by Arduino.org through Amazon for reasons stated in an earlier post in this thread. There were other replies in this thread about getting their Arduino clones from China, regardless the shipping time without any remarks from other posters. However, since I purchased my items from Arduino.org I have been directly made to feel that I am not welcome on this forum. I am new to this forum and was hoping to learn new things and advance my C/C++ programming skills, but so far have only learned that if I don't buy my toys from the right store then I am not welcome to participate in this forum.
Hal
Hiya Hal,
It's not a grievous offense. This site and the Arduino software, and the open source hardware for a handfull of boards are funded by arduino.cc. None of the sales of arduino.org boards fund any of this. Arduino.org has their own support forum, which is missing all the expertise that we benefit from here at the arduino.cc forum.
I should admit that I do have a few .org unos. I didn't buy 'em, I inherited them. The students actually prefer the Osepp unos that I also have (I did buy those - the were my introduction to Arduino, a couple years back.) Both the Osepps and the .org boards work just fine.
Like some others here, I think the entire field of hobby microprocessing would be better served if the lawsuit went away. But until it does, I support arduino.cc, because through this forum, arduino.cc supports me.
Due_unto:
.... and have apparently committed a grievous offense.
Hal
Hal,
I love your sense of humor ! you are more than welcome to buy whatever you want from whatever place you want and for whatever cost you can get.
I don't think any of us have a dog in the race, but you did ask what was the difference. now you know.
And, although I do not speak for anyone by myself, you are more than welcome to ask for help or offer help here.
ChrisTenone:
Hiya Hal,It's not a grievous offense. This site and the Arduino software, and the open source hardware for a handfull of boards are funded by arduino.cc. None of the sales of arduino.org boards fund any of this. Arduino.org has their own support forum, which is missing all the expertise that we benefit from here at the arduino.cc forum.
I should admit that I do have a few .org unos. I didn't buy 'em, I inherited them. The students actually prefer the Osepp unos that I also have (I did buy those - the were my introduction to Arduino, a couple years back.) Both the Osepps and the .org boards work just fine.
Like some others here, I think the entire field of hobby microprocessing would be better served if the lawsuit went away. But until it does, I support arduino.cc, because through this forum, arduino.cc supports me.
OSEPP, OK, now you brought up another truly horendous act and one which I will never forgive.
FTDI spiked all of the clone chips and fried them. IIRC, OSEPP has some that used the boot-leg FTDI chip and some of their boards needed replacement.
it is one thing for two teams to have a fight, but when you take it into the stands and beat up the spectators, that is just.....well, too much like Rugby to me !
Hello Chris,
Thank you for clarifying the situation between .org and .cc, and in the future I will steer all my Arduino purchases to Arduino.cc, even if they are not available on Amazon.
And Dave, thank you very much. I hope to learn quite a bit here and at the same time I hope I can help where I am able.
Hal
mybutter:
Thank you for replying but I am still looking for answer.I need to know how is buying from :
http://store-usa.arduino.cc/collections/products-atheart/products/arduino-starter-kit
different from amazon or any other online stores besides pricing.
OK, another sore spot. an FET typically has to be fed with a signal that is equal to the power voltage, or it has to be designed as a Low Level or TTL input. I think that the kit comes with an IRC530 and not an IRL530.
that is just silly. you can make it work with another transistor, but the kit does not tell you that, it just lets you fail and think you did something wrong