I'm seeing electronics kits on amazon for $55... Yes, you need a laptop (or another atmega, or a rpi) to program your atmega. I'm saying it's not as capital re

I'm seeing electronics kits on amazon for $55... Yes, you need a laptop (or another atmega, or a rpi) to program your atmega. I'm saying it's not as capital restrictive as it seems. For <$500 USD you can be in for both the laptop and the necessary components, sensors, soldering iron, flux, resistors, caps, diodes, transistors, buttons, breadboard, brass wool, A book on electronics, and multimeter. The list is long, but the prices aren't. All of this is less than an NVidia card.