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You know, the more I think about this, the better it looks! I don’t have any use for full-blown Arduino boards because I’m not likely to use any pre-built shields, so the form factor just wastes money. But packing all of the individual “housekeeping” components onto a breadboard is a bit tedious, so this may be the ideal baby-bear solution (not to hard, not too soft).
In fact, it’s easier than a full Arduino because you don’t have to run a bunch of jumper wires to your breadboard.
You know, the more I think about this, the better it looks! I don’t have any use for full-blown Arduino boards because I’m not likely to use any pre-built shields, so the form factor just wastes money. But packing all of the individual “housekeeping” components onto a breadboard is a bit tedious, so this may be the ideal baby-bear solution (not to hard, not too soft).
In fact, it’s easier than a full Arduino because you don’t have to run a bunch of jumper wires to your breadboard.
Bravo!