Arduino in Israel

[Udi Finkelstein]

Quote from the FAQ: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ

First, the Arduino concept is Italian, not from switzerland.
Second, see who manufactures the "official" boards.

Who makes Arduino boards?
Most of the official Arduino boards are manufactured by SmartProjects in
Italy. The Arduino Pro, Pro Mini, and LilyPad are manufactured by
SparkFunElectronics (a US company). The Arduino Nano is manufactured
by Gravitech
(also a US company).

Since Arduino is based on open source technologies, you can:
1. Buy an original Arduino
2. Buy an Arduino clone that is exactly like the original.
3. Buy an Arduino compatible board.

The boards made seeed studio, called seeduino, are cheaper and better than
original Arduino boards.
1. They are manufactured in China and being sold directly from there to you.
2. Shipping costs for regular air mail from HK are very cheap.
Some of the boards use technologies not even offered by other Arduino
vendors. Take for example Seeeduino film (An Arduino compatible board
manufactured on a flexible film, like the one found in cameras and other
minituarized electronics, not a regular PCB).

Udi

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> wouldn't it be cheaper to order them from switzerland, where they are made?
>
>
> On 10/21/2010 07:09 AM, Udi Finkelstein wrote:
>
>> Also, if you don't need these tomorrow morning, i.e. can order from
>> abroad, I would recommend:
>> www.seeedstudio.com <http://www.seeedstudio.com>
>> www.sparkfun.com <http://www.sparkfun.com>
>>
>>
>> seeed is based in China, but has the mentality of a young american
>> startup, not a chinese clone sweatshop.
>> They are heavily oriened towards open source hardware projects.
>> It is also cheaper than sparkfun (which itself isn't too expensive).
>> sparkfun airmail to Israel starts at $8, while seeed starts at around
>> $2.80
>>
>> Another interesting sire is www.gadgetfactory.com
>> <http://www.gadgetfactory.com> that offers FPGA boards with Arduino
>>
>> compatible expansion, and an AVR soft core.
>>
>> Udi
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Gabor Szabo <szabgab at gmail.com
>> <mailto:szabgab at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com
>>    <mailto:Linux-IL at udif.com>> wrote:
>>     > You can also add:
>>     >
>>     > http://www.dash.co.il/index.php/cPath/1_7
>>     > http://www.elector.co.il/index.php/krtis-pitvh-arduino.html
>>     > https://www.4project.co.il/section.php?id=43
>>     >
>>     > I found these by searching Google  for "arduino מחיר" (without
>>    quotes).
>>     > This search technique is very useful.
>>
>>    Thanks for the links.
>>
>>    I wonder why none of them are linked from
>>    http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Buy ?
>>
>>    Gabor
>>
>>
>>
>>
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