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Arduino Starting

lasersbee said:
That $9.97 Arduino looks a lot like the Arduino that is in our $400.00
modified Kenometer PRO...

Jerry
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Come on man, is every thread going to be like this?

EDIT: Regarding the above post, try to be clear so you don't bait...

-Trevor
 
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I just want some simple information and advice now i sure you can under stand why i dont want to see a post of a spray can. that could be sent by a pm, so no one else has to see this stuff or all go onto laser chat and just have at it. much better do it there than here.
So please just remove delete any non helping post or just say hi to each other this cant go on in every thread. You guys have so much skills why waste it doing this is beyond me...
 
kiyoukan said:
I just want some simple information and advice now i sure you can under stand why i dont want to see a post of a spray can. that could be sent by a pm, so no one else has to see this stuff or all go onto laser chat and just have at it. much better do it there than here.
So please just remove delete any non helping post or just say hi to each other this cant go on in every thread. You guys have so much skills why waste it doing this is beyond me...
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Yes, I'm getting tired of it too.

Getting started in the Arduino world is a great way to make some really great projects that would otherwise require huge amounts of circuitry.

I have a Basic Stamp II myself and dropped it like a rock once I began work with Arduinos - not only is the atmega328 much more powerful but the community support is great.
 
Thanks for editing the post.
I have a stamp but i had a problem it took in its surroundings analyzed what to do then completely disregarded them and drove into walls.
I have been looking at spark fun and noticed i have seen something interesting.
It seems lcds take up tons of pins, but there are serial lcds they cost more but take up much less. can i still do alot with regular lcds or should i go and get the serial ones?
 
You need the serial backpack LCDs if you need more IO pins. Otherwise you're stuck with at least a 4 bit parallel data interface plus control pins
 
MarioMaster said:
Shall I go over a component cost of your Laserbee II?

Also, if that wasn't trolling I don't know what is
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I stand behind what I said....
It is the development of the product and the final
debugged working Firmware that defines a product
and its value...

And from what I've heat on Laser Chat it seems YOU
are Trolling....

Sorry kiyoukan....
but I will no longer retreat when attacked...

Jerry
 
You never retreat, you are always offensive. Nobody mentioned anything about the kenometer till you showed up.

And you are right, its the software that makes the money. Some people can't do software, so they get stuck with an inferior product :rolleyes:
 
kiyoukan said:
Thanks for editing the post.
I have a stamp but i had a problem it took in its surroundings analyzed what to do then completely disregarded them and drove into walls.
I have been looking at spark fun and noticed i have seen something interesting.
It seems lcds take up tons of pins, but there are serial lcds they cost more but take up much less. can i still do alot with regular lcds or should i go and get the serial ones?
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A standard LCD will take up only 6 pins.... not a ton...;)
I would stay with standard LCDs and just get an MCU with
a few more I/O pins... that would be a lot less expensive...:cool:

Jerry
 
Pontiacg5 said:
You never retreat, you are always offensive. Nobody mentioned anything about the kenometer till you showed up.

And you are right, its the software that makes the money. Some people can't do software, so they get stuck with an inferior product :rolleyes:
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I agree with you... and it's not the LaserBee products...

Jerry
 
I appreciate the neg rep for an honest suggestion for avoiding drama.

That's class, right there.

-Trevor
 
laserbee is banned wow...
I feel bad now. my thread got him banned...
 
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No, don't feel bad - it wasn't this thread, it was everything leading up till now. This was just the proverbial straw...


As pertaining to the topic if you have any specific arduino questions feel free to ask :)
 
Can i make an arduino communicate with a Visual basic program or would i have to use c?
 
I'm pretty sure Things' tornado machine program was made in visual basic - as long as you can control the serial port you're in good shape :)
 
I can help you out with some visual basic code to get you going if need be :)
 
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