Welcome to this blog

I know this is yet another Arduino blog, but my Arduino experiences should be shared with the rest of the world!

Since a few months I am thinking about an [undisclosed] project which requires a computer to calculate and control an physical mechanism. Soon I realized Arduino would be the solution.

The Arduino is a very simple way to get started with electronics. I’ve been working as software engineer for more than a decade so programming on the Arduino should not be any problem, although my C/C++ knowledge is a little rusty. But electronics are totally new to me. For me the Arduino is an real good way to connect the virtual world to the real world... Anybody got some red pills left?

To get started I bought the Arduino Experimentation Kit (ARDX) from a small dutch webshop called Floris.cc. The kit was originally created by Oomlout and they did a really nice job! All kinds of simple experiments are available to get acquainted with Arduino and electronic components (led, transistor, motor, servo, buttons, sensors, etc). Arduino is all about open source, so you can reproduce the boards and even the experimentation kits from Oomlout. 

After working on some ARDX experiments, combining them and thinking of new projects, I really needed to share my Arduino knowledge, thoughts and projects with the rest of the world.

As I'm not really a social media kind of guy, blogging was a real no-go... untill I bought my first Arduino.

So, welcome to my first blog!