New 'duinos
I haven't posted in a while. I have still been busy tinkering, but for one reason or another haven't gotten around to posting. I have made some progress on my design for a color fading juggling ball, and have started some other projects, but I think I will save them for another post. Instead, I'll say a word or two about some new purchases. When I built the web cam pan this summer, I sent with it my one and only Arduino. It was an older one with an Atmega 168 and 16 k of memory so I was looking to upgrade. Prior to sending it off, I first bought an Arduino Pro Mini 5.5v / 328 from Sparkfun . I also had to get an FTDI breakout board for it as it doesn't have on-board USB communications. Man, that thing is tiny! It's about the size two postage stamps! Pictured here is what it looks like after putting pins all over it so I can snap it into a breadboard. I did learn one thing with it - solder carefully. The picture you see here is actually my second Pro Mini. With