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Old 01-31-2011, 02:25 AM   #9 (permalink)
gtkid2002
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I'd honestly recommend going with the actual Arduino board. I tried using a Seeeduino mega so I could stuff in tons of other misc stuff like temp sensors around the car, but uh.. Turns out I wasted almost 50 bucks in that effort. Just now got around to buying an actual Arduino, and I'm hoping that goes better.

You can always just buy the component chips and make a circuit board or breadboard arduino, but I think you have to have a programmer, in which case it's easier just to go and buy the USB board, and probably a bit cheaper, unless you plan on making more than two of them. Then it might be worthwhile.

Although if somebody's figured out how to use it with the Seeeduino Mega, send me a PM please.. I'd like to put the shiny red board to use in a car or SOMETHING. Instead of it taunting me with it's tons of unused pins.
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