Mitch5
Member Since: July 20, 2009
Country: United States
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You're thinking about it backward. LACK of money is the ultimate motivator.
"Money is never a problem unless you don't have any" ;-)
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Thanks Chris, I really appreciate you taking the time. It looks like Netduino is blowing Arduino out of the water as far as raw power goes. The clock speed is pretty significantly less than the Panda (24MHz difference is nothing to scoff at considering that's 1.5 Arduinos!), but it looks like they're really comparable. Another great system that I'm going to have to buy and play with a bit!
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This looks really awesome.. I'd love to see a comparison between this and the Fez Panda. They sound to me like they're essentially the same thing.. Can someone give me a rundown of which has what strengths/weaknesses?
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I can confirm that this does NOT work with NET10 pre-paid SIMs.
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VirtualWire for Arduino turns these things into the easiest thing in the world to use! They're not fast but they work great for home automation type projects and even some basic robot control.
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I'm not sure why all the Arduino examples with this sensor show the alarm pin attached to an analog pin on the Arduino. I hooked mine up to a digital pin and did a digitalWrite(ALARM_PIN,HIGH) to turn on the internal pull-up resistor and it works great!
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Here is a link to a driver that will work for Windows 7 :
http://www.prolific.com.tw/support/files/%5CIO%20Cable%5CPL-2303%5CDrivers%20-%20Generic%5CWindows%5CPL2303_Prolific_GPS_1013_20090319.zip -
Unfortunately the latest drivers kill this thing for Windows. I can't find the old drivers hosted on a reputable site and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't support Windows 7 anyway.
Sparkfun - you guys should consider putting the driver information in the description. -
I guess $16.95 is the adjusted price? I hope so because DigiKey is listing just the sensor itself for $16.46!
Thanks SparkFun, another order incoming (I'd save a lot on shipping if I just ordered all at once ;-))
No public wish lists :(