As a total newbie to the world of (building) electronics, physical computing, Arduinos, etc., Creatron is an absolute treasure.The owners are knowledgeable, helpful (as anywhere, a good question will get you a good answer, but they are still generally willing to suffer newbies like me), and have made an earnest effort to merchandise the great array of microcontroller kits/shields/components... more

RIP OFF!!!I left a list of parts for this gentleman to order and he only provided 1 of the cheaper parts.  I had asked him to order the components required to complete 2 of the circuits and he only ordered the diode.He kept droning on and on about "I only order what was listed.. i only ordered what was listed." Despite the fact that I left the diagram for him so that he could fill out the order... more

For those of you just tuning in, technology - and this thing called the Internet - have changed things. Sometime between the beginning of time and about fifteen years ago, geeks of all stripes delighted in fooling around with electronics, building Ham radios and blinking lights and all sorts of other wonderfulness. They had their own special place where they could go, be with other geeks, and... more