<div dir="ltr">have you tried out these arduino clones? i remember getting burned buying a bootleg ethernet shield once. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">for less than the price of a fancy cup of coffee, you can rescue a child from the boredom of not having their very own microcontroller to program.<br>

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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&_nkw=atmega32u4&_sacat=0&_from=R40" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.<u></u>html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.<u></u>l1313&_nkw=atmega32u4&_sacat=<u></u>0&_from=R40</a><br>

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while you're shopping for all the kiddies on your list, get a spool of addressable LEDs for just 27 cents per light - and cut the spool into pieces whose length corresponds to how much you care about each recipient.<br>

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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/WS2812B-WS2811-RGB-LED-Strip-5M-150-300-Leds-60LED-M-Individual-Addressable-5V-/231105154168?pt=US_String_Lights_Fairy_Lights&var=&hash=item35cef0cc78" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/<u></u>WS2812B-WS2811-RGB-LED-Strip-<u></u>5M-150-300-Leds-60LED-M-<u></u>Individual-Addressable-5V-/<u></u>231105154168?pt=US_String_<u></u>Lights_Fairy_Lights&var=&hash=<u></u>item35cef0cc78</a><br>

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and of course they will need a way to power the thing while they're wearing it, so don't forget a rechargable USB battery pack for only $2.53<br>
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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Mobile-Power-Bank-USB-18650-Battery-Charger-Key-Chain-for-iPhone-MP3-/370952498512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=item565e7ded50" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/<u></u>Portable-Mobile-Power-Bank-<u></u>USB-18650-Battery-Charger-Key-<u></u>Chain-for-iPhone-MP3-/<u></u>370952498512?pt=LH_<u></u>DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=<u></u>item565e7ded50</a><br>

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don't forget micro USB cables: (short or long)<br>
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/10CM-USB-2-0-A-to-Micro-B-Data-Sync-Charge-Cable-Cord-For-Cellphone-PC-Laptop-TE-/121199903418?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=item1c3813c2ba" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/10CM-<u></u>USB-2-0-A-to-Micro-B-Data-<u></u>Sync-Charge-Cable-Cord-For-<u></u>Cellphone-PC-Laptop-TE-/<u></u>121199903418?pt=LH_<u></u>DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=<u></u>item1c3813c2ba</a><br>

<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-2-0-Male-A-to-Data-Charger-Cable-Android-MID-Amazon-Kindle-fire-4-TE-/121199914955?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=item1c3813efcb" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-<u></u>USB-2-0-Male-A-to-Data-<u></u>Charger-Cable-Android-MID-<u></u>Amazon-Kindle-fire-4-TE-/<u></u>121199914955?pt=LH_<u></u>DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=<u></u>item1c3813efcb</a><br>

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and here's the source to get it to do POV with one color:<br>
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<a href="https://github.com/jerkey/pov_ws2811" target="_blank">https://github.com/jerkey/pov_<u></u>ws2811</a><br>
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maybe someone will make a color POV for it?<br>
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<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/08/08/coming-soon-minipov-rgb-led/" target="_blank">http://www.adafruit.com/blog/<u></u>2013/08/08/coming-soon-<u></u>minipov-rgb-led/</a><br>
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