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Figure 1-9: The LilyPad Arduino
As explained in this topic's introduction, the Arduino is open source hardware.
As a result, you can find dozens and dozens of “Arduino compatible” devices
available for sale that will work just fine with the Arduino IDE and all the proj-
ects you'll do in this topic. Some of the popular third-party boards include the
Seeduino, the adafruit 32U4 breakout board, and the SparkFun Pro Mini Arduino
boards. Many third-party boards are designed for very particular applications, with
additional functionality already built in to the board. For example, the ArduPilot
is an autopilot board for use in autonomous DIY quadcopters (see Figure 1-10).
You can even find Arduino-compatible circuitry baked in to consumer devices
like the MakerBot Replicator and Replicator 2 3D printers.
Figure 1-10: Quadcopter and ArduPilot Mega controller
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