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Originally Posted by dcb
the 2x16 is pretty small as it is, and the bignum screens won't display properly without it either. But if you know what you want and how to tweak it then go for it.
Given that an iduino is like $20, and a lcd is about $10 plus misc regulator/zeners/resistors shipping, a kit with everything you need plus custom pcb for less than $40 is as close to a no-brainer as it gets though.
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I actually found the kit because I was searching for a group buy on a good quality pcb (figuring that you guys had to have been doing that by now) and was expecting to pay at
minimum $10/board + shipping for the low volume I figured would be generated out of this forum. Then I'd still need to deal with the rest of it. So yeah, the kit was a total no brainer. For anyone who hasn't ever done much electronics monkeying around, please take my word for it that the pleasure of building on a nice, masked and screened board instead of perf or stripboard is worth $40 all by itself. The fact that you are basically done with the legwork when this kit shows up is just gravy.
Would still like a good case suggestion, though. ;-) If another revision is done, it might be worth designing from the start on board dims to fit a known sku from mouser or someone.
I'm still just happy it is here, though. Hooray for kit designers! I love you guys! Heck, I'd propose to Limor if she didn't already seem to be attached. ;-)