You don’t expect unboxing pr0n on a program development board like this, but uC Hobby thought this board and box were different. The board itself even has a snazzy tat. I’m not familiar with the AVR Dragon. Is this treatment new? The board has labels silk-screened on both sides, too, which is nice.
AVR Dragon’s at uCHobby
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This treatment is not new. I got mine some time ago and it has exactly the same box (I use it to store it :D)
Ditto – bought mine about a year ago.
…the board and box WERE different…
…on both sideS…
Also: there should be TWO spaces after periods.
MAKE: is a /really/ big deal and should be properly edited, or at least proof read.
“Also: there should be TWO spaces after periods.”
That’s an old practice that went out with manual typewriters using mono spaced fonts.