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50 bucks is pretty steep for a student like me. If something in the $20 range (that included no arduinos, just really shitty and cheap stuff off the "Shenzhen m
by gravypod 10y ago
50 bucks is pretty steep for a student like me. If something in the $20 range (that included no arduinos, just really shitty and cheap stuff off the "Shenzhen market" as Dave would say). No brand name stuff and I'd be fine with crappier instructions.
The cutoff for college student involvement is pretty much $20 and that's where the bread and butter market for something like this is. EE/CE/CS student's who want to be able to "do" electronics. Intersplice it will lesses on simple formulas we need in class and you've got a winner, you could even recylce kits every semester.
- Elizzy 10y agoThe 50 bucks only gets you your first Uno for free, recurring you don't get additional Unos. (I'm a customer, not someone from Thimble)
- coupdejarnac 10y agoPresumably you have access to EE labs and don't need a kit at all? You're probably paying a lot more than $50 for access to EE labs.
- gravypod 10y agoSadly no. You need to take an EE course AND buy an EE kit. Also don't get me started on the machine shop.
- coupdejarnac 10y agoI'm willing to bet they have some old dev kits not being used by classes anymore that you could check out. Sure, they won't be Arduino, but you're not going to learn anything making Arduino sketches anyway. Look for a Freescale 6812 or TI DSP kit.