Slides from December 12

Choosing a Raspberry Pi Kit

While there are many Arduino Uno kits available a substitute Uno board (rather than a genuine Arduino Uno), that is not true with Raspberry Pi 3's.  This means most people buy the RP3 and then buy an accessory kit separately.

The "Amazon Choice" is a kit from Prestige (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X3VBRH9), in which you get functionality without immediately needing critical accessories.


The Amazon Best Seller is similarly highly rated and $20 cheaper:
https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Kit/dp/B01C6Q2GSY


Here are a few good accessory kits (which don't include a RP3):
https://www.amazon.com/Adeept-Ultimate-Starter-Learning-Raspberry/dp/B01FLSF4PQ

Slides from December 5

Arduino Kits - options for consideration

Four options for your consideration.

Option 1.  Minimalist programmer
This is a very inexpensive kit that uses an Uno that is built on the same schematic as the Arduino Uno. It is sold on Amazon by LANDZO and has the minimal basics for programming experiments. Unfortuantely it appears currently unavailable, but is often priced below $9.   AMAZON LINK  


Option 2.  Beginning tinkerer and programmer
Similarly inexpensive is this Elegoo Uno kit, which comes with a small case, a tutorial CD, and a few additional items at just $17.99.

  AMAZON LINK






Option 3. Super starter kit
The best value, however, is likely this Elegoo Uno kit with a much greater variety of sensors and actuators, for just $10 more:  

 AMAZON LINK





Option 4.  The comprehensive starter kit

A similarly good value, this kit will keep even avid tinkerers busy for years of learning. It's about double the current price of Option 3, at $59.

AMAZON LINK

Slides from November 14

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