[Cialug] Arduino winners

[Morris Dovey]

On 5/18/12 10:57 PM, jrnosee wrote:
> Our wonderful presenter said they got the arduinos from Amazon for a really
> good price.  Anyone know which might be the right one to order?  The ones I
> found so far have some shifty comments about cheap clones. Any tips for
> getting the real deal?

My suggestion is to by either an Arduino Uno-R3 or an Arduino 
Mega2560-R3, depending on what you'd like to do and how much you care to 
spend.

I'd also suggest buying a real Arduino (blue boards with the prominent 
infinity symbol). I've dealt with the folks at Sparkfun Electronics, who 
seemed to have good prices on Arduino boards and consistantly prompt 
shipping.

They list the Uno at http://www.sparkfun.com/products/11021
  and the Mega2560 at http://www.sparkfun.com/products/11061

I like that they have links to documentation (including EagleCAD files) 
for most of what they sell.