Users - Mitch5 - SparkFun Electronics

News - Look at All the Kits We G… | about 2 years ago

You’re thinking about it backward. LACK of money is the ultimate motivator.

“Money is never a problem unless you don’t have any” ;-)

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!

Product DEV-10107 | about 4 years ago

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?

Product CEL-09607 | about 4 years ago

I can confirm that this does NOT work with NET10 pre-paid SIMs.

Product WRL-08947 | about 4 years ago

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.

Product SEN-08630 | about 4 years ago

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!

Product CAB-10270 | about 4 years ago

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

Product CAB-10270 | about 4 years ago

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.

Product SEN-09569 | about 4 years ago

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 ;-))