The concept is italian, but the boards come from italy. i'm a vendor,
and that's where i get mine.
it's extremely easy to become a vendor. there are no minimum
requirements. there is a link somewhere on "how to become a distributor.
i sell primarily to my students, mostly as a service. i buy them in
quite small volumes, and not all of the time.
of course, you can build your own, on a breadboard, or however you want.
you can even buy the ATMega328 chips from Sparkfun and others
pre-programmed with the bootloader.
michael
On 10/21/2010 01:12 PM, Udi Finkelstein wrote:
Quote from the FAQ: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ
First, the Arduino concept is Italian, not from switzerland.
Second, see who manufactures the "official" boards.
Who makes Arduino boards?
Most of the official Arduino boards are manufactured by SmartProjects in
Italy. The Arduino Pro, Pro Mini, and LilyPad are manufactured by
SparkFun Electronics (a US company). The Arduino Nano is manufactured by
Gravitech (also a US company).
Since Arduino is based on open source technologies, you can:
1. Buy an original Arduino
2. Buy an Arduino clone that is exactly like the original.
3. Buy an Arduino compatible board.
The boards made seeed studio, called seeduino, are cheaper and better
than original Arduino boards.
1. They are manufactured in China and being sold directly from there to you.
2. Shipping costs for regular air mail from HK are very cheap.
Some of the boards use technologies not even offered by other Arduino
vendors. Take for example Seeeduino film (An Arduino compatible board
manufactured on a flexible film, like the one found in cameras and other
minituarized electronics, not a regular PCB).
Udi
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com <mailto:michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
wouldn't it be cheaper to order them from switzerland, where they
are made?
On 10/21/2010 07:09 AM, Udi Finkelstein wrote:
Also, if you don't need these tomorrow morning, i.e. can order from
abroad, I would recommend:
www.seeedstudio.com <http://www.seeedstudio.com>
<http://www.seeedstudio.com>
www.sparkfun.com <http://www.sparkfun.com> <http://www.sparkfun.com>
seeed is based in China, but has the mentality of a young american
startup, not a chinese clone sweatshop.
They are heavily oriened towards open source hardware projects.
It is also cheaper than sparkfun (which itself isn't too expensive).
sparkfun airmail to Israel starts at $8, while seeed starts at
around $2.80
Another interesting sire is www.gadgetfactory.com
<http://www.gadgetfactory.com>
<http://www.gadgetfactory.com> that offers FPGA boards with Arduino
compatible expansion, and an AVR soft core.
Udi
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com
<mailto:szab...@gmail.com>
<mailto:szab...@gmail.com <mailto:szab...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Udi Finkelstein
<linux...@udif.com <mailto:linux...@udif.com>
<mailto:linux...@udif.com <mailto:linux...@udif.com>>> wrote:
> You can also add:
>
> http://www.dash.co.il/index.php/cPath/1_7
> http://www.elector.co.il/index.php/krtis-pitvh-arduino.html
> https://www.4project.co.il/section.php?id=43
>
> I found these by searching Google for "arduino מחיר" (without
quotes).
> This search technique is very useful.
Thanks for the links.
I wonder why none of them are linked from
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Buy ?
Gabor
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