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Review on Plugable Integrated Microsoft Arduino Software by Kelly Thompson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Everything on one board! Well, everything except the spinning pot! :)

I really like that all these components are mounted on a circuit board that you can play with. A bit disappointed that one of the main reasons I bought it - an OLED screen - wasn't made clear that this is a two-tone "monochrome" screen, meaning the top few rows are always one color and the rest another. It's like they have a strip of colored transparent tape over the display. Here you have full screen graphics that don't look ridiculous. But hey. for plain text to get the status of what your board is doing? It's pretty cool. The only thing I would add is a rotary encoder or at least a linear potentiometer to play around with. On the other hand, I know this is intended more for making IoT devices that work with Azure (but can work with anything), so it's not really intended for how I use it. a pre-breadboard collection of crap that I can play with in Arduino.

Pros
  • Rugged design
Cons
  • Very expensive