Arduino in an Altoids tin

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Arduino in an Altoids tin

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TriggerDog has been doing the projects in Making Things Talk, and came up with a great way to take the Arduino on the go:

Small easy, and awfully unorigional. But, useful and free. Now I can bring my arduino with me in my laptop bag and goof around with it at lunch time at work or wherever. I am thinking I would put a breadboard in another tin of some sort and put a battery pack inside to run any projects I might feel inclined to proto.

Arduino + Altoids Tin

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I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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