I found this Arduino a very interesting microcontroller board especially for non-electronics students and electronics professionals... ( I totally hated those complex electronics formulas ).

Read thru a few of the e-books on Arduino and it is very suitable for programmers ( those with basic C programming ) and want to interface with the real world .. using the power of software programming and hardware interfaces to do "human - machine interactions"...

Where can I purchase an Arduino board here in Malaysia or Klang Valley ?

Pls PM me...

Thanks

Just placed an order & payment for a Arduino Duemilanove 328 to your site..

Stanley

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Added on September 5, 2010, 6:48 pmUse this calculator ..

http://ledz.com/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator

The USB current is around 100mA to 500mA...

Buy more range of resistors to be able to adjust the brightness of the LED...




This post has been edited by stan001: Sep 5 2010, 06:48 PM

Dear Azmax,

I was away yesterday, came back today, check my mailbox and the Pos Ekspres package Arduino board was there.. just d/l the IDE and tested it... everything is working fine...

Thanks

What is Teensy++ ???

Stanley

Good comparision... I never used other microcontrollers before but I know it is pretty difficult to program and only ppl in this industry ( non hobbyist ) know how to do it bcos it is their job... and it is usually program to do a specific task without much re-programming to the MCU.

I read about the trend of IC going to 3.3V from 5V, is that due to the low power devices ?

The MSP430 code remind me of doing assembly lang... very efficient and talk to the h/w directly but so so difficult to read and understand the codes.. must think like a machine instead of a human... haha

I think Arduino open up a whole new market and communities of hobbyist and fashion designer ( very little programming or electronic knowledge ) to use the microcontroller with minimal barrier to entry nd learning curve..

Hope to see more people picking up Arduino and we can have a large community of suppliers, designers, hobbyist and useful products made out of Arduino

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Added on October 7, 2010, 1:08 pmAnyone know which shop does sell mini breadboard in Jalan Pasar ?

I lot of them sells the regular size but I am looking for a half size breadboard..

Thanks


This post has been edited by stan001: Oct 7 2010, 01:08 PM

I'm not into robotics but a lot of hobbyist use Arduino as the brain of the simple robot to control the motors, servos, install sensors to track distance, light or perhaps have wireless RF / Bluebooth / Xbee to send and receive signals from the robot..

Do checkout http://www.homebrew-tech.com/ as they might actually have stocks for Arduino or some motors & sensors to get started..

The programming codes are very C like..

If you know electronics, you can buy the parts and wire it up yrself or if you are not into DIY, you can just buy the functional shield ( module on top of the Arduino ) and mount it to the robot..

I wrote a blog for Arduino beginners, ppl like little or no knowledge in electronics too : http://arduino-for-beginners.blogspot.com/

Portable power supply == battery ??

50% Off Crazy Sale..

http://www.cytron.com.my/index.php

You have 7 hours from this posting... some stuff are cheap, some are okay price only...

What do you want to use it for ?

I plan to make a probe for soundcard oscilloscope like below ...

http://www.ledametrix.com/oscope/index.html

Anyone tried this before and care to give some advise or other ways to do it ??

Yes, hehe, just feel like messing around with a software based before buying an actual DSO...

Will use a spare PCI sound-card instead of the on-board sound-card...

We "buy" or "sell" Arduino is to support the original/creator of Arduino that give us such a wonderful open source hardware prototyping platform...

Without such support, there would be no innovative and "free" & "open source" product out there....

If you are new to electronics, I suggest you get the Arduino UNO board and save all the hassle of getting all the components, crystals, FTDI BoB, power supply...etc...etc..

Just download the Arduino IDE s/w , write yr program and upload to the Arduino.. it was made to get newbie started in less than 10 minutes...

I found this SolarPump quite interesting and I would like to built a miniature copy of it..

http://soldesignlab.com/projects/solar/sol...tion/index.html

I found the below two Solar retailers that sells Solar Panels, batteries and accessories..

http://solarpower-mart.com/home
http://www.solarvoltaic.com/


Anyone that have done solar stuff care to give some comments, advise or feedback on the types of PV and batteries to use in my project..

Thanks

Join the fb group on my links, ask yr Q there..

2A is the max amp the power supply can provide.. it will depend on the circuit to draw the power..

Use a multimeter set to ammeter in series to measure the current being drawn by the circuit...

read the below link :-
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_2/4.html

Nowdays, even in West Malaysia, we also purchase things from online retailers..

Browser thru them one by one...

http://www.escol.com.my/
http://www.kitzone.com.my/
http://www.cytron.com.my/
http://my.element14.com/
http://malaysia.rs-online.com/
http://www.bizchip-components.com/shop/index.php
http://www.ezdiip.com.my/

The web results can be quite confusing at times.. for beginners... and some circuit could be wrong or wrongly drawn...

The 555 seems like an easier solution...

I'm no expert but I really suggest that you post the same questions to electronic forums like :-

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/

There r lots of friendly electronics experts there that can help you with yr problems BUT remember to post as much details as possible and reply to questions they ask you...

motor type, what is the voltage, is it AC or DC... what does the circuit do...