SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T16:11:52-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsLightManCA on KIT-11817 - 21st Century Fashion KitLightManCAurn:uuid:1e922d7a-bd08-84e9-dd0d-41c8d8c565fe2014-11-04T12:47:26-07:00<p>Wow that makes a lot of sense!</p>
Dia on KIT-11817 - 21st Century Fashion KitDiaurn:uuid:62402298-24d9-4389-8bcc-474fa3ee36212014-11-04T12:29:07-07:00<p>There are a few reasons why one wasn't included. The first is simple; it's not necessary for the function of anything in the kit, and it would raise the price. We didn't want anyone paying extra for a part that they might not use.<p>The second is that this kit is intended for a more expert user than most of our wearables kits; a user who might already be using Arduino in a lot of projects. If it's something you use regularly, you're more likely to have strong preferences between the many flavors of Arduino, so we're more likely to be including one that's not what you'd want for your purposes.</p><p>And finally, it's intended as more of an exploration kit- see what these materials do, and what they inspire you to make. It's not really intended as a 'make this cool project out of this box' kit. It would be pretty unwieldy to make one project with all of these parts. So do you include one Arduino and make people decide which project to put it in? Do you include four Arduinos, so you can make separate projects for all of the components concurrently?</p><p>Ultimately, providing the most necessary materials and then allowing the user to decide what other hardware (if any) they wanted to integrate it with made the most sense to us, and kept the exploratory experience as inexpensive for the user as possible.</p></p>
Customer #475033 on KIT-11817 - 21st Century Fashion KitCustomer #475033urn:uuid:92b00d49-ff63-46a8-36f4-e526bdcc54582014-11-04T07:15:20-07:00<p>agreed.</p>
LightManCA on KIT-11817 - 21st Century Fashion KitLightManCAurn:uuid:da26dfcb-f961-e988-7714-709ad537159b2014-10-24T11:43:02-06:00<p>I'm quite surprised it doesn't come with some sort of Arduino.</p>