[dorkbotpdx-blabber] dorkboard vs. pro-mini ; benito vs. ftdi

[Donald Delmar Davis]

Mykle,


Recently one of our out of town lurkers set the price at a prebuilt  
benito at around 23 bucks.
So I think thats the market rate for prebuilts and I will gladly  
assemble them for that.
The point of the dorkboard is to let people build their own and build  
3-6 for the same price as a prebuilt one so I could ask my kid to  
quote you the assembly but I wont do it :).
The cheapest way of course is to do the induction where you get the  
board the programmer and assistance and community for $25 If I get  
enough interest I will do one towards the end of next month.
The board that you are looking at will require a programmer and the  
benito will work for that no mater what freeduino you choose. (IMHO  
the shield system is just stupid so thats not a board I would pick.)

You and I should sit down and look at production of the the speed vest.
A lot of answers to these questions would fall out of that discussion.

Don.





On Sep 3, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Mykle Hansen wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i'm gearing up for my next Arduino adventure, and
> am faced with a choice:  should i go Dorkboard? or
> use the SparkFun Arduino Pro Mini?
>
>  http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8824
>
> ... of course, apples to apples, i would use the Dorkboard
> just to support the home team.  although i do love the SparkFun
> guys.
>
> but what it comes down to is, i don't think i want to deal with
> hand-soldering surface-mount chips.  (i know i could do it
> eventually, but i just don't love soldering that much.
> maybe if i had a paste-stencil and one of those hot air
> tools it would be easier, but i'm just one guy with a
> weller and bad eyesight ...)
>
> are there already-built Dorkboards out there, waiting to
> be bought? from you?  by me?  or is it kit-only at this point?
> or is it etch-your-own board and RTFM?
>
> also, there is this programmer/loader puzzlement.  the
> Dorkboard interfaces with USB over Don's Benito 7g adapter
> ... are any Benitos built?  or is that another project?
>
> meanwhile, the SparkFun equivalent is this FTDI unit:
>
>  http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8772
>
> ... but it turns out the drivers require my Mac to run Leopard --
> weak!  So that's another hassle I'd like to avoid ...
> in my perfect world where everything is easy, i
> never burn my fingertips, money grows out of my butt, etc.
>
> -m-
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