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05 June 2009

Holy crap! I got an LED to light up on a breadboard! I'm getting a bit obsessively into "embedded electronics" and "programming microprocessors." I have no electronics background, but a friend taught me how to solder a simple pre-made kit together, and now I'm hooked. So I found this set of tutorials, and have successfully graduated from the very first one!

Until now, I'd always thought this was way too butch for me!

post by: treepour at: 00:36 | 4 comments

What, ho! Sir, next you will be an expert at receiving transmissions using a crystal radio! Bully!

posted by stilicho 05 June | 02:13

Ohh, that looks like fun. I haven't done much with electronics since high-school. I have friends that do embedded programming, there's a bunch of robotics work around here, but I've never gotten into it.

posted by octothorpe 05 June | 08:41

When you get really good at it, people will actually pay you money for your services! It's true!

I always knew just enough electronics to spec out custom projects, but I wish I had learned more.

posted by Ardiril 05 June | 08:56

I highly recommend the Basic Stamp kit with their microcontroller book. There are a lot of very interesting projects.

The projects are small, straightforward, generally interesting and usually you can find a way to mod them to do something else.

posted by plinth 05 June | 19:49

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