Arduino Duemilanove Review | Best Gps 2011

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(More customer reviews)I've used a couple other microcontrollers (pic, picAXE, and messed with a few others) and this is by far my favorite. It is programmed over USB, so it is very easy to set up. There is software available for windows, OS X, and linux. It supports hardware serial communication with a UART (don't worry if you don't know what these mean). The programming language is the absolute best microcontroller language out there, a mixture of processing and wiring. Processing is a language based off of and very similar to c++ (when I started with arduino, the only experience I had with the language was previous casual use of c++). Wiring makes it very easy to use, with low to high level features, which means that a beginner can easily do simple things like blink an LED with just a few lines of code, or do very powerful things like "bit-bang" serial communications at a hardware level or actively modify the program memory. The chip also has built in EEPROM so that you can store data easily after the chip loses power (like if you turn it off). If you are good with computers, you can even make your own firmware and upload that (I won't get in to that). The great thing is, if you need to embed your arduino project you can pick up an ATMega chip and a 16mhz crystal for just a few bucks, and then upload your code to the ATMega over "avrISP" (a program included with the free arduino software) without spending any extra cash. This board is great for experts and beginners alike. It took me, a complete microcontroller novice, about 2 days to become good enough with the language to make usefull programs (like home automation) and now a few months later I can do some really crazy stuff like overlay text to video, or interface with electronic devices like GPS units or phones in ways I never would have been able to before. The arduino also has a huge and experienced userbase. This means a huge and helpful forum, not to mention LOTS of documentation and software libraries that let you use the arduino with GPS, phones, touch screens, LCDs, memory cards, video modifying chips, sound chips, the internet, wireless communications, and much more. A simple google search will probably turn up how to use something with an arduino. I say buy it! By the way, this is far from a toy. It's a powerful tool.

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