I have the wrong engineering degree to have studied anything electronic but im interested in learning something new. Any recommendations on starter kits?

Is this any good?

http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Ultimate-Starter-Includes-Instruction/dp/B00BT0NDB8

11/2/2014 7:09:02 PM

that looks pretty decent actually. I'd say get the ethernet one though, or splurge on a wifi shield if you won't have a wired connection handy. once you get these hooked up to the net it's a lot more fun.

11/2/2014 7:21:05 PM

poke around on https://www.sparkfun.com

11/2/2014 7:27:27 PM

Wow. Just picked up 2 as X-Mas gifts.

11/4/2014 4:41:02 PM

Which one? From the amazon link?

11/4/2014 5:14:39 PM

we use arduinos for almost all of the senior design projects we sponsor now in ECE. Any of the starter kits in the amazon link look good (I think my first kit to play around with was something similar).

If you give us an idea of some sample projects you are interested in doing, I could point you in a better direction. For general learning about microcontrollers, what you selected is good (the book of projects should be helpful).

11/4/2014 11:28:15 PM