Hardware Programming - Hands-On Learning

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Published on 2009-08-09T22:04:25Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 2:02 UTC
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Besides Arduino, what other ways are there to learn hardware programming in a hands-on way? Are there any nifty kits available, either a pre-assembled robot, that you can program to move a certain way, or do certain things, or anything similar to that?

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