[dorkbotsea-blabber] Arduino 101?

[Space Matters]

Hey drop me a line when you set a date for this, I'd like to lend a 
hand if I'm
free.

-jer

Quoting Mike Payson <mike at dawgdayz.com>:

> Hey Chris,
>
> I'd be very interested. My company (www.maximumrobotics.com/?s=wiring) sells
> the Wiring board (basically the Arduino on steroids), but I've been so busy
> that I haven't had time to do much with it. I've finally set aside some time
> today to work with it, but I'm sure there'll still be plenty to learn next
> month.
>
> Mike
>
> On 2/18/07, Christopher Prosser <chris at nart.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> In a brief moment of impulse purchasing last night I ordered an
>> Arduino from SparkFun.
>>
>> <http://www.arduino.cc/>
>>
>> <http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=666>
>>
>> I'm well versed in microcontrollers (having written C and asm straight
>> up for the AVR, along with using a PIC, and Handyboard, etc), but I'm
>> always looking for something easier to program thats just powerful
>> enough. The fact that you can extend the Wiring language for
>> programming the Arduino using C to make it do stuff it wasn't designed
>> to do is just great. That way I can use Wiring for 90% of the stuff
>> and pore over the datasheet for the last 10%. And its open source to
>> boot, finally.
>>
>> Is anyone interested in having an Arduino 101 gathering? It would be
>> open to all skill levels. The basic aim would be to get the tool chain
>> setup and working, and hook up and an LED to blink in response to
>> pressing a button. I'm thinking some weekend day in March.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> --chris
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