Arduino in Israel

[Michael Shiloh]

The concept is italian, but the boards come from italy. i'm a vendor, 
and that's where i get mine.

it's extremely easy to become a vendor. there are no minimum 
requirements. there is a link somewhere on "how to become a distributor.

i sell primarily to my students, mostly as a service. i buy them in 
quite small volumes, and not all of the time.

of course, you can build your own, on a breadboard, or however you want. 
you can even buy the ATMega328 chips from Sparkfun and others 
pre-programmed with the bootloader.

michael

On 10/21/2010 01:12 PM, Udi Finkelstein wrote:
> 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
> SparkFun Electronics (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 <mailto: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>
>         <http://www.seeedstudio.com>
>         www.sparkfun.com <http://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>
>         <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>
>         <mailto: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>
>         <mailto: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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