I have an Arduino Nano clone, a breadboard, and some parts on order. I've never dabbled in building my own circuits, but I'm a fairly good coder, so I thought I would learn about the hardware side ...

New product line aims to enable beginners in programming, prototyping and designing with electronics BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com), a ...

Another common I/O pin misuse among beginners is using pins A4 and A5 on the Uno as regular analog input pins while also having an I2C device connected to the SCL and SDA pins (the unlabeled pins ...

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It isn’t exactly WALL-E, but [Bithead’s] affordable introduction to robots — Talkbot — is made out of a trash can. This little guy runs off an Arduino and comes packed with … ...

For beginners, it is undoubtedly easiest to buy a starter kit and follow the tutorials provided. A ‘breadboard’ is a key component, allowing circuits to be built without soldering.