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Big Time II Watch

By KeithB
-  Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:46 pm #149784
I am a newbie when it comes to Arduino, but pretty experienced when it comes to embedded electronics and programming.

What would I need to get going with the New BigTime II watch:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11488

I would really like to get one to hack on, but was curious as to what other startup costs might be involved. Up to now I have mainly used PicAxe.

Re: Big Time II Watch

By Joeisi
-  Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:10 pm #149788
Well just to get it working, you would need soldering equipment and a battery. To actually reprogram it, you would need a FTDI breakout, which is a great tool in general even if you are not working with arduino. I use mine in developing all of my projects.

Re: Big Time II Watch

By KeithB
-  Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:09 am #149820
Thanks. The soldering and assembly are no problem, I was wondering more about the investment for the IDE and stuff.

Re: Big Time II Watch

By Joeisi
-  Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:41 pm #149845
Arduino's IDE is free to download. Again the only other investment would be the FTDI chip. Which I love so even if you don't go through with doing your project, get because its such a nice cheap debugging tool.
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