Re: [sudo-discuss] atmega32u4 arduino leonardo clones for $5 including shipping - set up a kid!

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:03:21 -0800 From: jake(a)spaz.org To: noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net; sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org Subject: atmega32u4 arduino leonardo clones for $5 including shipping - set up a kid! 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. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&_nkw=atmega3… 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. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WS2812B-WS2811-RGB-LED-Strip-5M-150-300-Leds-60LED-… 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 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Mobile-Power-Bank-USB-18650-Battery-Charge… don't forget micro USB cables: (short or long) http://www.ebay.com/itm/10CM-USB-2-0-A-to-Micro-B-Data-Sync-Charge-Cable-Co… http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-2-0-Male-A-to-Data-Charger-Cable-Android-… and here's the source to get it to do POV with one color: https://github.com/jerkey/pov_ws2811 maybe someone will make a color POV for it? http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/08/08/coming-soon-minipov-rgb-led/