resources

online

arduino.cc

• Getting Started with Arduino

LadyAda.net

• Arduino Tutorial
• tools for electronics
• Projects :
  • Motor Shield
  • XBee radios
• chumby linux hacker board ($90; full linux computer with everything; alex has one)

other arduino

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
• http://hacknmod.com/hack/top-40-arduino-projects-of-the-web/
• http://todbot.com/blog/spookyarduino/
• http://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=arduino&what=products
• http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/TS/TouchShield+Stealth : arduino touch screen ; $140
• arduino dual motor shield $25 (run two 12V DC motors)
• bare arduino prototype shield from mouser $6
• mouser arduino prototype shield $12 : printed circuit board with some LEDs, button, resistors, header
• sparkfun arduino prototype shield $17 with some LED's & breadboard
• http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10026 : arduino mouse sensor project ; $30
• Hack'n'mod Top 40 arduino projects
• I2C two wire sensor bus
• eye shield : arduino video

big electronics stores

• http://mouser.com
  • relevant mouser products (you can edit this page)
• http://digikey.com

circuit boards

• wikipedia: Printed_circuit_board
• http://www.wikihow.com/Etch-a-Circuit-Board
• http://homepage.tinet.ie/~ei9gq/pcb.html | etch your own circuit board
• http://www.mouser.com/catalog/636/2133.pdf | blank copper boards for etching

robot parts

• (google words like : arduino chassis tank wheeled
• http://www.robotshop.com/robot-parts.html : robot parts (motors, servos, sensors, ...)
• http://www.budgetrobotics.com/shop/index.php?cat=5& : chassis (add servos, wheel, arduino)
• http://www.robotshop.com/dagu-2wd-begginners-robot-chassis.html : $28 two wheel chassis
• http://www.bizoner.com/arduino-4-wheel-drive-robot-aluminium-alloy-chassis-4wd-platform-p-212.html
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/25755276@N02/3429864416 : a 3 wheeled lego arduino trike

electronics tutorials and information online

• Zap! notes
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Electronics
• http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits
• http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials

3D printing

• http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page

C programming language

• wikipedia: C_(programming_language)
• C Reference Card (pdf)

print and electronic books

• Getting Started with Arduino ($10 from Amazon)
• Practical Arduino: Coll Projects for Open Source Hardware ($25 from Amazon)
• Electrical Engineering 101 ($28 from Amazon)
• C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie ($45 from Amazon)
• Making Things Talk : practical methods for connecting physical objects

general info

• software tools - editors, compilers, statistics, etc
• Copyright and Plgiarism
• creative commons