Is there a microcontroller kit that ships with development tools for Ubuntu?

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I was looking around on the web for an introductory kit with a USB-based microcontroller that I could get started on.

However, most of the tools I looked at were Windows-only.

Are there any kits designed for Ubuntu, or at least ones for Linux that work well in Ubuntu?

Karl Bielefeldt · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-07 20:25:37Z

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Check out arduino.

answered Dec 7, 2010 at 20:25

Karl Bielefeldt

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One small question... can any of the boards be connected via USB? When I was looking through the wiki, it seemed like they connected through a serial port.
– Nathan Osman
Dec 7, 2010 at 20:42
They are all USB, to my knowledge. Some of the smaller or older ones require a separate USB to serial adapter called an FTDI board. I would recommend starting with the Arduino Uno, which has everything right there on the one board.
– Karl Bielefeldt
Dec 7, 2010 at 23:06
Finally got my Arduino - absolutely love it!
– Nathan Osman
Jul 8, 2011 at 0:14
have you also tried Picaxe? It is small and super low power...and CHEAP too. But I also like the Adruino too!!
– Sun Dial
May 8, 2012 at 20:34

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