A few weeks ago I was in Maplins and came across a bag of 'lucky dip' displays, there were various different 7-segment displays and some LCD displays. None of them came with pin outs, as expected, the 7-segment displays were quick enough to get wo... »
Since I've had an arduino I've been wanting to build a tracked robot, and slowly but surely I've been picking up sensors and motors to use. The latest sensor I've picked up is an infra red distance sensor namely the pololu GP2Y0D810Z0F Sharp senso... »
After thinking about getting an Arduino for a while, I finally got around to getting one from oomlout. I purchased the budget pack, so it came with the Arduino, various length wires, LEDs, resistors, a couple of switches, two potentiometers and a photo resistor. So in all enough to get me started. I thought it was a nice touch that it came with a protoboard and plastic base to screw the arduino and the protoboard on. »