Rob Gaddi wrote:
otherwise getting up and running will cost you a solid $1200 just in gear.
While having fancy gear certainly helps, it's not *strictly* necessary. When I first started dabbling in electronics, the most sophisticated piece of equipment I had was an analog multimeter. It got me through a lot of projects, including a couple of homebrew computers. It's surprising how much you can deduce about what's happening in a digital circuit by watching a needle bouncing around! -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list