Reddit reviews 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius

You might be interested in this:

http://www.arduino.cc/

http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-A000046-UNO-board/dp/B004CG4CN4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323661363&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/30-Arduino-Projects-Evil-Genius/dp/007174133X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323661363&sr=8-2

Arduino er en veldig god start i min mening, om du ikke mener det er overveldende. Det er jo fort litt elektronikk og kode som må læres før man gjør kule prosjekter, men det er ikke egentlig så ille om man ikke biter av for mye om gangen. En fordel med Arduino er at du bruker et språk veldig likt C++, så hoppet fra Arduino til C++ er ikke så stort.

Er noe mer usikker på det med lærebøker, men det finnes en del hobbybøker med x prosjekter i som kunne vært en god basis, som f.eks denne eller denne.

Skulle han ha mer intresse av koding enn nødvendigvis å lage duppedingser vil jeg derimot peke retning python. Code Academy har et helt greit begynnerkurs (gratis) for nybegynnere.

Ok, so you're into space. Go into EE. That's probably the most useful advice I can give you. Seriously, spacecraft are pretty much electrical projects and without people in CS and EE, you couldn't do ANYTHING.

Buy an arduino, they're super cheap, start experimenting with it. What I highly suggest you do, and it is also what I do in my spare time to learn, is the following, which is build a satellite!

1. Buy this starter book
   
   
2. Purchase one arduino (Uno or Pro Mini would be my suggestion), 2 XBEE Radios (one for on the satellite, one for the computer), maybe a couple of sensors (accelerometer, altimeter, GPS, whatever you want).
   
   
3. Now start programming and get your computer to send signals to the arduino, or the other way around.
   
   Its a very long project, especially for a beginner, and it can be expensive (~200-300) but if you do it right, its a ton of fun, and I have something that can take measurements and send them a mile out to my computer. But for me, its super awesome.
   
   I also built a rocket, and launched that sucker up, and watched it come down. Had the satellite transmit data, plotted it on Google Earth and had a 3D graph of the trajectory. Its such a great feeling to have something like this succeed.
   
   Edit: Forget learning the math/science reading side, you'll get that regardless of where you go and I would highly recommend practical experience over reading over the subjects that will likely just fly over your head. When I was 15, theory was the first thing that would make me fall asleep, actually building something with my hands would keep me up til the sun rose.

I must become even more of a madman. I will use this book (on my handyman wishlist)

Using the knowledge of arduino i will build a fighting giant robot.

If you have no idea where to start, try starting with this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/30-Arduino-Projects-Evil-Genius/dp/007174133X

It's quite cheap, designed for beginners and has awesome starter projects. I'd highly reccomend it.

I was in your position, really excited about the tech, but had no idea where to start! The book has some really cool projects and is very hands on. Each project has a parts list and a tools list so you can make sure you are ordering the right thing and know what you are doing. It got me going right away, and it's very easy to understand.