Arduino $5 Delivered (Be Quick!)

Chet T16

Early bird special on indiegogo

39 left at time of posting:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/iteaduino-lite-most-inexpensive-full-sized-arduino-derivative-board/x/4019633

Superfin

Okay, what have I just bought?

g0g

Same here! Got one but I don't know what exactly other than that there's been an Arduino BA thread for ages I haven't bothered to read! Is there a simplified explanation on what this is/does!?

Greenmachine

Looks cool.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Cheers op

bennyc

for 3.71 cant really go wrong cheers op , would have made a nice stocking filler if delivered before xmas.

Is it like a Raspberry Pi?

KingJamsie

3.71€...hope we don't get scammed

TerrorFirmer

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it like a Raspberry Pi?

Nope. Looks like some sort of programming board to me. Not like a PI in that it doesn't have user input/output like the pi.

Waaaaay over my head then /unfollows

bromley52

Superfin wrote: »

Okay, what have I just bought?

Same here.

Superfin

g0g wrote: »

Same here! Got one but I don't know what exactly other than that there's been an Arduino BA thread for ages I haven't bothered to read! Is there a simplified explanation on what this is/does!?

Exactly this. I fear I may have bought a component of something, soemthing that I haven't a clue how it works.

Any guru's off any light on this product?

fdevine

$5 Early Bird special is fully subscribed, but still only $8 delivered on the next available option.

Works out at €6 delivered.

3wayswitch

g0g wrote: »

Same here! Got one but I don't know what exactly other than that there's been an Arduino BA thread for ages I haven't bothered to read! Is there a simplified explanation on what this is/does!?

Arduino is basically a microcontroller on a circuit board that you can connect things to in order to make your own programmable circuits. You can use thes to build almost anything like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLVXmsbVwUs

or this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YejpfCDh4Lc

or this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEFD5rsknSk

fdevine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLVXmsbVwUs

That's what I want it for. <€100 Laser Harp, but frameless

dmc17

Ready to ship apparently

acalmenvoy

Superfin wrote: »

Okay, what have I just bought?

Nearly fell off the chair when I saw this.

djmarkus

Just got mine. The URL on the back doesnt work though, anyone manage to download something to program this thing?

moodrater

djmarkus wrote: »

Just got mine. The URL on the back doesnt work though, anyone manage to download something to program this thing?

They say to use version 1.05 of the ide on the page:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

djmarkus

moodrater wrote: »

They say to use version 1.05 of the ide on the page:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Ah ye, thanks.. now what to do with this thing...

Chet T16

You will also need to apply the patch to the ide that's linked on the original listing. I don't have time until this evening but I'll get mine sorted then and see exactly what needs doing. I would assume it's just adding an entry to the boards.txt file and including the bootloader

Chet T16

Impatience got the better of me...

Windows driver
http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/Software/CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip

Download this: ftp://imall.iteadstudio.com/Mainboard/IM131209001_Iteaduino_Lite/Iteaduino_Lite.zip

and copy the Iteaduino_lite folder to the arduino\hardware directory

The iteaduino will be listed under the boards menu in the ide then

djmarkus

Yea I had trouble finding a seriel driver that worked, this is the one that did it for me.

http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

This is my first program that makes the LED blink fast at first and then slower.. I'm a real pro.

/*
  Blink
  Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
 
  This example code is in the public domain.
 */
 
// Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards.
// give it a name:
int led = 13;
int myint = 0;

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {                
  // initialize the digital pin as an output.
  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);     
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
  myint = myint + 1;
  digitalWrite(led, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(myint);               // wait for a second

  digitalWrite(led, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(myint);               // wait for a second
}

ozmo

If Im reading that right - they look a good bit more limited than the standard Arduino - with only 8K Flash - enough for a lot of projects - but wouldn't be enough to, say to add network support.

Well done those that got it for $5 (the improved power supply looks a great feature - normal Arduinos seem to run quite hot off a psu).

djmarkus

ozmo wrote: »

If Im reading that right - they look a good bit more limited than the standard Arduino - with only 8K Flash - enough for a lot of projects - but wouldn't be enough to, say to add network support.

Well done those that got it for $5 (the improved power supply looks a great feature - normal Arduinos seem to run quite hot off a psu).

Binary sketch size: 1,686 bytes (of a 7,168 byte maximum)

moodrater

Are you saying that the code you have above compile to 1,686 bytes wtf thats about 20bytes in assembly.

ozmo

moodrater wrote: »

Are you saying that the code you have above compile to 1,686 bytes wtf thats about 20bytes in assembly.

yes - out of a max of 8K (UNO or Leonardo has 32K)
but about 1K of that 8K is reserved if you want use the bootloader (allows you to program over usb)

- doesn't increase very fast adding more code
(unless you add more functionality like more string handling libraries - that can eat it up very quickly)...


Oh - and if you really want to add networking - I did have good success with a $4 addon module called ENC28J60 on an 8K Arduino - the code just fits in if you remove some stuff like DHCP and DNS.
I had it running as a tiny webserver and able to toggle lights from the browser on my Phone.

djmarkus

ozmo wrote: »

yes - out of a max of 8K (UNO or Leonardo has 32K)
but about 1K of that 8K is reserved if you want use the bootloader (allows you to program over usb)

- doesn't increase very fast adding more code
(unless you add more functionality like more string handling libraries - that can eat it up very quickly)...


Oh - and if you really want to add networking - I did have good success with a $4 addon module called ENC28J60 on an 8K Arduino - the code just fits in if you remove some stuff like DHCP and DNS.
I had it running as a tiny webserver and able to toggle lights from the browser on my Phone.

Where did you buy the ethernet module?

moodrater

Ethernet modules were €70 when i was in college €2 now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=ENC28J60&_sop=15

ozmo

djmarkus wrote: »

Where did you buy the ethernet module?

Got it on Ebay cheap.

You can get them on dx and lots other places also if you search for ENC28J60.

The library I used as a base to make it work was called Ethercard (https://github.com/jcw/ethercard)


However....I've just noticed another possible issue - the Arduino I had this working on was the $5 one I got from here (http://www.adverts.ie/other-electronics/ireland-cheapest-arduino-kit/4077622)

They are 8K flash + 1K RAM - I think the ones on this thread could be only 512bytes RAM?

May still work with a bit of tweaking - but the lack of ram could be an issue.

If anyone has one they dont want I can try put together a webserver that will run on it....

djmarkus

http://imall.iteadstudio.com/lgt8f88a.html

Says 1K of SRAM here

ozmo

djmarkus wrote: »

http://imall.iteadstudio.com/lgt8f88a.html

Says 1K of SRAM here

Ah good - should make a good little webserver so - just remove the DNS and DHCP to make max room for your code.

djmarkus

ozmo wrote: »

Ah good - should make a good little webserver so - just remove the DNS and DHCP to make max room for your code.

Want to sell me yours? I'll give you $6.

Brian De Tazzzie

Ok so, what the heck am I supposed to do with this thing ?
Is it completely compatible with arduino, will it be capable of something like this project:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Self-Contained-7x7x7-LED-Cube/
?

Cheers
Tazzzie

ozmo

djmarkus wrote: »

Want to sell me yours? I'll give you $6.

Its in use - here is what Im doing with mine :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88718274

djmarkus

ozmo wrote: »

Its in use - here is what Im doing with mine :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88718274

Have to wait until the Chinese new year is over to order http://imall.iteadstudio.com/development-platform/arduino/shields/im120417003.html