Priced at $58.50 the Arduino Make Your UNO Kit is now available to purchase worldwide directly from the official Arduino online store.

Arduino Shields, like the Xbee wireless communicator, aren’t compatible with the Esplora out of the box, but any existing Arduino software should work with the new pre-assembled controller.

Electronics maker Adafruit Industries has developed its own Arduino-compatible boards, including one called the Flora--and a few craft projects to go with them.

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.

Arduino Uno How a cheap microcontroller is making it possible for anyone to design and build hardware.