Which duino to choose?

Question

Arduino

I finally got ready to buy Arduino, got into Google and found that there are quite a lot of them: arduino, freeduino, seeduino, netduino and all sorts of others. Moreover, they all differ in the installed microcontroller, memory size, number of inputs / outputs, interface, size, price and, in the end, even the name.

Are all of these boards compatible with add-on modules like MotorShield and the like?
How many sensors, displays and other gadgets can be connected to the board at the same time? And is it possible to increase this number by connecting some additional modules?
What level of projects will fit into 16Kb/32Kb/256Kb flash-memory?
Does it make sense to take ready-made kits with lotions in the kit? Or is it better to buy them as needed?

I want to make some kind of crawling-flying-rolling robot that reacts to all sorts of changes in the environment.
What do you advise?

Answer 1

> Are all these boards compatible with add-on modules like MotorShield and the like?
here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino and here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino are lists of Shield-compatible boards
> How many sensors, displays and other gadgets can be connected to the board at the same time?
Depending on the board and the lotions themselves. For example, Arduino Mega 2560 - 54 digital and 16 analog pins, Arduino Nan0 - 16 and 8.
> Does it make sense to take ready-made kits with gadgets in the kit? Or is it better to buy them as needed?
It makes sense to take kits when: 1) you don't know what you want, just try it first; 2) when the kit is fully consistent with your chosen task. For your task, I do not know a ready-made kit.

Answer 2

I am in a similar situation, but I have already decided that I will take arduino uno (the latest board), and since I have practically nothing besides a soldering iron, I need to take a kit, at least a minimal one with a breadboard.
If you need to connect a lot of whistles, then I advise you to look at the Arduino Mega 2560 (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega2560), it has 54 i/o pins.

Answer 3

Damn, I gave the wrong link (there is also interesting, but not that)
Here is the correct one:
roboforum.ru/wiki/ORduino

Answer 4

>I want to play some kind of crawling-flying-rolling robot that reacts to all sorts of changes in the environment.
What do you advise?
Similar wish. But for myself, I decided to just take different components - a servo, a motor, diodes. Because it makes sense to run on simpler examples.

Answer 5

If you want to assemble a crawling-flying-rolling robot, then I advise you to first read the wiki robocraft.ru/page/summary/
Well, it will be seen there - so you will understand how much and what you need, since there are examples there. But in general, 14 arduino uno pins are not enough for a robot, so most likely you will need a mega