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[sebastianpatten]

Hi there - firstly, this is a lovely looking website and forum. Secondly I am interested in learning electronics and have a number of projects I would like to build. I am very interested in the nduino and ill get one for Christmas However my question is - does nduino facilitate the learning of electronics? If so how? Many thanks!

[Omar (OZ)]

Hi there - firstly, this is a lovely looking website and forum.

Secondly I am interested in learning electronics and have a number of projects I would like to build. I am very interested in the nduino and ill get one for Christmas However my question is - does nduino facilitate the learning of electronics? If so how?

Many thanks!

Hello and welcome to the community <-- (Not official, sorry if I stole your line Chris W ) Chris W usually is the first to welcome people

I got into it after months of seeing youtube videos of the arduino, and the Netduino seemed like a better choice because of the C# and .NET MF. I would say that it will definitely help you learn electronics. Below are some things I've learned

First of all I now know the difference before digital and analog, before all I knew is "digital is new and better and analog is old and crappy" and the netduino made sense of the differences between those. i also learned how to do many fun little things like turning on LEDs and making a buzzer play different musical notes. Those fun little things are GREAT, I love when I get something to work. Another thing is... being careful and I keep getting better at it. Not to be pessimistic, but I've burned a fair amount of components, and each time i learned something new.

Most importantly, I think its fair to say that the possibilities are endless. If you browse the forums you will see many great projects and discussions and there is always something to learn.

Final Ruling: The netduino has taken me from lighting up an LED to driving two bi-directional motors and making a little robot tank... and it is teaching me more every day. It made learning electronics easy for me, and it probably will for you too.

[hari]

You will find blinking lights are a lot of fun but eventually you would want more. there is only one way to go forward. You will need to learn how to connect other electronic parts. One suggestion, if I may. Do not limit your learning to this site or microcontroller. There is a TON of knowledge at arduino forum, not to mention the rest of the web. There are differences, but there is a lot of useful knowledge our there. Have fun!

[sebastianpatten]

Thanks for the replies - I'm really looking forward to getting something going. My first project is going to be along the lines of a sensor that detects when my garage door is opened and will trigger something indoors to let me know. I assume there is some sort of wireless transmitter electronic device that I can wire up to this thing? Thanks!

[davidlt]

Sam here, never did any electronics. For few months now I am working with Gumstixs, few different dev boards. This one runs full Linux stack inside. It's quite painful do work with it because of unstable OS and packages breaking pretty often. I am waiting for Netduino Plus board, this is gonna be my first .NET MF based dev board. Already thinking of some interesting projects

[Eric Burdo]

Also, pick up a copy of Make: Electronics (great book). And then follow along this blog (it does all the experiments in the book). http://handsonelectr...s.blogspot.com/

[sebastianpatten]

Great - I'll get hold of the book and follow the blog. Many thanks!