Arduino Alternative very cheaper

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HI there!!!

Sometimes in the forum, some people do, something whit IC... I speak sometimeas about Arduino, but yesterday I found a very ineteresting alternative... it´s cost only 4$ ~, all USB cable, board for testing, and the IC for programming... The Ide it´s free, and crossplatforms... The only thing it´s have to be programmed in C... not easy than Arduino.... but 4$ aprox... 

You can buy in TI, market (Texas instruments), or in some Electronic SHop, like Farnell... the IC it´s more powerfull than Arduino, becuase it´s 16 bits and 24Mhz...
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/inexpensive-arduino-alternatives/

[Hemlos]

Check this one out..it uses bluetooth...wireless programable robots are possible i think

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardBluetooth

[mentalthink]

HI Hemlos, yes it´s nice whit BT, but very expensive, 90€ ~, for add Bluettoth to arduino it´s very easy, the "board" only cost about 6$ in Deal Extreme or in eBay...

Hi have the Atmega1280, and it´s very nice connect it whit GLbasic...

Thanks for the link...

[Hemlos]

are you making a robot?

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not yet!!!  ...
No I use Arduino like a Hobby, but using whit GLbasic it´s very verey fun... I want make something RC, car  or boat, but commanded whit a mobile phone... (Not it´s nothing complex)

[erico]

please do!

[matchy]

 

What have you made so far? Maybe some video? 

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Hi Matchy perhaps between this week and another I do some whit WINCE and arduino, I upload a video...
I think I have some servos and leds... well, not it´s the same like using a real RC Boat... really the RC don´t like me too much, but my father makes this things from I was a child...

But control whit winCe the ardduino and make things it´s very easy, in fact make a couple of weeks, I make in the Screen of WinCE read the info of a SDcard in Arduino, the trouble was don´t real all the data, I suppose it´s for the Bauds, 9600 I think not it´s too much for send a lot of "letters"...

If you need a list of interesting things comment me, in ebay how I told, have a lot of thing very cheaper, I have 2 WIFI modules for 9$ each and arrives, about a 1km of distance... It´s nice watch how this things talk between them 

[Hark0]

HI Hemlos, yes it´s nice whit BT, but very expensive, 90€ ~, for add Bluettoth to arduino it´s very easy, the "board" only cost about 6$ in Deal Extreme or in eBay...

Hi have the Atmega1280, and it´s very nice connect it whit GLbasic...

Thanks for the link...

GLB + Arduino?

Photos, videos, source code... please post more info, please... It's very interesting...

[Hark0]

And... I have a Freeduino from here:

http://www.bhashatech.com/

Very cheap too...

[tatakamucher]

its very interesting, i make some arcade games and with this i think i can turn on - off lights or something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARrhbKP3Ijc

[Hark0]

its very interesting, i make some arcade games and with this i think i can turn on - off lights or something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARrhbKP3Ijc

Oh my God!!!

Maybe SEGA uses his own motherboard NAOMI?

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@Tatmuker.... I think you make very happy a lot of people in another forum.. In my country We don´t have arcade Machine...

@Hark0... Ok if you are interested, I try to do something next week in the Spaninsh forum... But it´s very easy, I don´t program Arduino whit GLBasic, I only say from the Serial Port, Communicate whit Arduino... This can do whit the same USB cable of the Arduino Board... or using a Bluetooth, Whit a WINCE and bluetooth Works fine too!!!, Whit GLBAsic, you only have to copy and use the code of Gernnot about the COM libraries... the trouble it´s this library dont´s works whit another phone, if not it´s WINCE.... But looking the SDK about Palm Pre, or Android, I think don´t have to be too much complex.... I think in iPhone don´t works, basically the iPhone don´t detect the USB of Arduino...

*** I make a list in Ebay, about cheaper and cool things for Arduino... always after you can add electronic Standard by your self.

[Hark0]

@Tatmuker.... I think you make very happy a lot of people in another forum.. In my country We don´t have arcade Machine...

@Hark0... Ok if you are interested, I try to do something next week in the Spaninsh forum... But it´s very easy, I don´t program Arduino whit GLBasic, I only say from the Serial Port, Communicate whit Arduino... This can do whit the same USB cable of the Arduino Board... or using a Bluetooth, Whit a WINCE and bluetooth Works fine too!!!, Whit GLBAsic, you only have to copy and use the code of Gernnot about the COM libraries... the trouble it´s this library dont´s works whit another phone, if not it´s WINCE.... But looking the SDK about Palm Pre, or Android, I think don´t have to be too much complex.... I think in iPhone don´t works, basically the iPhone don´t detect the USB of Arduino...

*** I make a list in Ebay, about cheaper and cool things for Arduino... always after you can add electronic Standard by your self.

Thanks!

[AmazingJas]

Dealextreme (dx.com) have started selling arduino compatible boards fir about $24 with free worldwide postage.