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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Came in here hoping there'd be a dedicated thread for Arduino's!

I've been kind of passively following Arduino news for a while (have only the most basic knowledge of programming/soldering, but interested in learning a bit), and am interested in finally trying something out. It really appeals to my imaginative/creative side, and it seems like there's a lot of community support and information out there to help me on my way.

One project I think might be kinda neat is being able to control my apartment's lights/climate control through the internet, as both have remotes (:japan:). I see that people have written sketches that will read/record the IR protocols from a remote, I assume once you've got those it's pretty straightforward to output them through an IR transmitter?

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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Pompous Rhombus posted:

Came in here hoping there'd be a dedicated thread for Arduino's!

I've been kind of passively following Arduino news for a while (have only the most basic knowledge of programming/soldering, but interested in learning a bit), and am interested in finally trying something out. It really appeals to my imaginative/creative side, and it seems like there's a lot of community support and information out there to help me on my way.

One project I think might be kinda neat is being able to control my apartment's lights/climate control through the internet, as both have remotes (:japan:). I see that people have written sketches that will read/record the IR protocols from a remote, I assume once you've got those it's pretty straightforward to output them through an IR transmitter?

Repostin' this cuz I was hoping for an answer.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Combo posted:

Its been a very arduino Christmas for me apparently:




Two Unos, two different starter kits, a 4 relay module, and Programming Arduino and Projects for Evil Geniuses, both by Simon Monk.


They're my first crack at this sort of thing, I guess its time to start learning :v:

Speaking of this, what starter kits do people recommend? I'm a novice who just wants to try it out and see how I like it/if I have the patience to stick with it.

I came across this thing which looks pretty neat, although maybe a bit limiting. The Sparkfun Inventor's Kit also looked good, as did their Starter Kit. The Fritzing Kit also looks pretty nice.

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