He likes to build bare bones Arduino clones rather than sacrifice full dev boards, and instead of programming them via ... an LED, a reset switch, and most importantly – an audio jack.

The Arduino is an excellent first embedded development kit, provides a great introduction to electronics, and has the potential to get children into programming. [David] thinks throwing C at non ...

The array of switches, sensors, actuators, motors, and displays offers terrific versatility. The kit includes an excellent project guidebook. The Arduino software (called Integrated Development En ...