Whooo hoo ! my arduino came!

I just got my arduino diecimila today and I am trying to figure out what to do as my first project.

What do you guys think I should do?

I am a little tight on money untill this summer so my projects are sort of limited :(

 

What do you have laying

What do you have laying around? Wheels, motors, speakers, leds, switches, sensors?

(cool :slight_smile:

/ Fritsl

Coming up with an idea is
Coming up with an idea is always the hardest part for me :slight_smile: I agree with Frits, when I just want to play, I look at what I’ve got on hand and work from there, thinking of what I can do with those parts.

parts…

An old rc car (still works) leds switches speakers some motors soldering iron (with some experience :slight_smile: ect mostly parts scavenged from dead electronic parts donors.

 

~Matt

Here is your

Here is your latter:

https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/node/188

/ Fritsl

gratz, now you can start

gratz, now you can start playing with C…

i advice you to start playing with the tutorials at www.arduino.cc , and then move away to the toy competition, since you have a old rc car to play with…

dont forget to give us some nice fotos =P its always fun to see the evolution.

Good luck with the arduino, and welcome to the electronics open-source microcontroler!!!

sweet
Ill try it out ~Matt

coming up with an idea is…

the coding part will probably be the hardest part (so any help/tips are welcome :slight_smile:

~Matt

thanks
Trust me I will keep you guys posted on my progress ~Matt