Board Choice for Beginner

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Board Choice for Beginner

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Hi Folks,
I'm brand new (not started yet) to the Arduino world and want to buy a
starter board/kit/peripherals. Ultimately an Arduino board will control my
12v stepper motors for a telescope drive, but I know I must start at the
beginning.

First: Your starter packs are based on the UNO r3 board and I'm going to go
through as many of your tutorials as make sense to my applications... and
those that are just fun as well.

Question 1: Is there an advantage to starting with a Mega 2560 r3 or the DUE
board and creating my own "Starter Kit"?

Question 2: Will I be able to use your tutorials with any/all of these
boards without confusion on my part? i.e. shield compatibility, sketch
coding, and peripherals

Thanks in advance for the help,
Ron
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Re: Board Choice for Beginner

Post by adafruit_support_bill »

The UNO R3 is the best board to start with. The Mega and Due have more pins, but are not 100% compatible with all libraries and shields. You are better off starting with an UNO and moving to the bigger boards only if you need the additional capacity.

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Re: Board Choice for Beginner

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Thanks for the quick reply!

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