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Re:The Untold History of Arduino by huuu on Saturday March 05, 2016 @02:08AM (#11228727)
Agree. I bought a better than Arduino clone for $5. The Chinese even sell cheaper ones but you must have some luck with the soldering.
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Re:The Untold History of Arduino by Tempest1981 on Saturday March 05, 2016 @04:51AM (#11229009)
I also remember needing a non-standard USB driver, for a CH340 -- a bit scary to install: http://0xcf.com/2015/03/13/chinese-arduinos-with-ch340-ch341...
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Re:The Untold History of Arduino by huuu on Saturday March 05, 2016 @06:13AM (#11229162)
On Windows that is. On Linux they work out of the box.
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Re:The Untold History of Arduino by god_bless_texas on Saturday March 05, 2016 @08:42AM (#11229476)
I would do that but I'm afraid of the ftdi clones that can get bricked
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