Show HN: My "Get Started with Arduino: A Hands-On Introductory Workshop" video(shop.oreilly.com)
shop.oreilly.com
Show HN: My "Get Started with Arduino: A Hands-On Introductory Workshop" video
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027973.do
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027973.do
It's a little more traditional take on "passive income" than a website or similar products but taking up the opportunity was inspired in part from my hanging around on HN...
To accompany this blatant self-promotion (you can blame HN for that too :) ) I'd like to mention you can get 50% off with the discount code "VDWK" if you'd like learn how to get started with the Arduino.
The opportunity to create the video occurred after presenting a well received workshop at the last three O'Reilly OSCON open source conference events: <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012/public/schedule/detail/23941&...;
If you've thought about playing with an Arduino before I can really recommend them as a great way to start creating something tangible.
For me--as a software developer--the big difference the Arduino made is that it turned what used to be a 100% hardware problem into a problem which is 90% software and 10% hardware. Chances are you already know most of the 90% software side of things and you can learn the 10% hardware side as you go.
Happy to answer some questions if people have them.