Archive for September, 2011
Reviews: Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit at Mircocenter
by firestorm_v1 on Sep.09, 2011, under Hardware, Microcontrollers
Sparkfun at Microcenter!
After reading this post on Hack-a-day, I went to the local MicroCenter to see what all they had to offer in a brick-and-mortar store. I remember when Parallax and RadioShack had joined together and while the new availability had made it easier to get started with microcontrollers, the most common expression recalled is one of sadness at the general disarray of the parts cabinets. Thankfully Microcenter seems to have done Sparkfun right. Read on for my initial impressions of Microcenter’s offerings and a full review of my first Arduino kit, the Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit. (continue reading…)
