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Prices for boards themselves vary, ranging from around £13 for the Arduino Pro Mini right up to £75 for an Arduino Bluetooth board which uses wireless comms to cut the USB umbilical cord.

The creator of the Arduino RF Pro Mini open source development board Etienne, explains a little more about the inspiration behind the project. “ I’ve loved Arduino for years.

Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets your hacking imagination run wild, sans solder Daisy-chain tiny boards into weather stations, game controllers, and way more.